US 12,330,673 B2
Driving assistance apparatus, driving assistance method, and computer-readable storage medium storing driving assistance program
Yuma Ito, Obu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-126988 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051565 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 60/0051 (2020.02); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving assistance apparatus, comprising an electronic control unit configured to execute a moving control to autonomously control a vehicle,
the electronic control unit being configured to:
(i) inform a driver of the vehicle of contents of a voice operation process planned to be executed for the moving control in accordance with utterance contents of the driver acquired by voice recognition; and
(ii) execute the voice operation process when an approval operation to approve the informed contents, is performed by the driver,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
(i) cancel a plan to execute the voice operation process and inform the driver that executing the voice operation process is not permitted when a moving situation of the vehicle becomes a predetermined situation which does not permit executing the voice operation process after the electronic control unit informs the driver of the contents of the voice operation process planned to be executed for the moving control and before the approval operation is performed; or
(ii) cancel the plan to execute the voice operation process and inform the driver that executing the voice operation process is not permitted when the moving situation of the vehicle is predicted to become the predetermined situation after the electronic control unit informs the driver of the contents of the voice operation process planned to be executed for the moving control and before the approval operation is performed; or
(iii) cancel the plan to execute the voice operation process and inform the driver that executing the voice operation process is not permitted when the moving situation of the vehicle becomes the predetermined situation when and after the electronic control unit acquires the utterance contents of the driver by the voice recognition and before the electronic control unit completes informing the driver of the contents of the voice operation process planned to be executed for the moving control; or
(iv) cancel the plan to execute the voice operation process and inform the driver that executing the voice operation process is not permitted when the moving situation of the vehicle is predicted to become the predetermined situation when and after the electronic control unit acquires the utterance contents of the driver by the voice recognition and before the electronic control unit completes informing the driver of the contents of the voice operation process planned to be executed for the moving control.