US 12,116,004 B2
Driving assistance apparatus
Kohei Tochigi, Susono (JP); Shogo Ito, Shizuoka-ken (JP); and Yuta Ikezawa, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,271.
Application 17/940,271 is a continuation of application No. 16/743,570, filed on Jan. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,511,766.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-006233 (JP), filed on Jan. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001946 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving assistance apparatus configured to perform an assistance control of assisting in driving a vehicle, when a first condition associated with a matter other than an operation by a driver of the vehicle and a second condition associated with the operation by the driver are satisfied, in a situation in which a target is recognized, said driving assistance apparatus comprising:
a determinator configured to determine a state of the assistance control; and
an informer configured to inform the driver of the state of the assistance control, which is determined by said determinator, wherein
said determinator is configured (i) to determine that the state of the assistance control is a first state if the first condition is satisfied, but the second condition is not satisfied, in the situation in which the target is recognized, (ii) to determine that the state of the assistance control is a second state if the first condition is no longer satisfied while the state of the assistance control is the first state, and (iii) to determine that the state of the assistance control is a third state if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied.