Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Denso Corporation

Naoki Taki

Atsushi Watanabe

Hiroshi Harada

Masaaki Uechi

Kumiko Kondo

Takeshi Matsumura

Mayumi Otsuka

Yoji Mizoguchi

Akira Nagae

Keizoh Kawaguchi

Tatsunori Kato

Atsushi Kamada

Yoshinobu Nozaki

Atsutoshi Sakaguchi

Toshifumi Kawasaki

Hideaki Hayashi

Yasushi Hanaki

Tomohiko Futatsugi

Akio Kimura

Atsushi Niwa

Akira Nagasaka

Mitsuyoshi Natsume

Yasushi Kusaka

Takeo Endo

Takenori Shimizu

Akito Adachi

Nobuyuki Okabe

Tatsuya Kato

Hiroaki Seguchi

Takahiro Matsunaga

Shinya Furuta

Reiko Mitsuhashi

A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.

Vehicle control method and vehicle control system

A vehicular braking/driving-force control apparatus includes an accelerator operation detection part configured to detect an accelerator operation; a driving-force limiting apparatus configured to carry out driving-force limiting control of limiting driving force of an own vehicle in such a manner that an upper-limit speed that is set will not be exceeded; an automatic braking control apparatus configured to carry out automatic braking control of automatically generating braking force in the own vehicle based on a relative distance or a relative speed between an obstacle in front of the own vehicle and the own vehicle, and have a cancellation function of inhibiting a start of the automatic braking control based on the accelerator operation; and a control part configured to inhibit the cancellation function from being executed when the driving-force limiting apparatus is in an activated state where the driving-force limiting apparatus is allowed to carry out the driving-force limiting control.

Vehicular braking/driving-force control apparatus

A vehicle forward information acquiring device includes a bracket fixed to a windshield, a cover mounted to the bracket by being moved along the bracket in one direction, and a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor accommodated between the bracket and the cover. The cover is mounted to the bracket while being pressed against the bracket by a first elastic force and a second elastic force generated when a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion formed on the cover are respectively engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion formed on the bracket. A position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value.

Vehicle forward information acquiring device

An in-vehicle control device includes a first sensor that acquires obstacle information in a first detection range, a second sensor that acquires obstacle information in a second detection range, the second detection range is nearer to a host vehicle than the first detection range, and a processor configured to perform predetermined control for preventing collision with an obstacle or for reducing damage at collision time based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor and the second sensor and, when the obstacle is not detected by the first sensor and the second sensor after starting the predetermined control based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor, uses positional relation information to determine whether the predetermined control is to be continued wherein the positional relation information indicates a height-direction positional relation between a predetermined part of the obstacle and the first detection range or the second detection range.

In-vehicle control device

In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit.

In-vehicle device

A remote control method for remotely controlling the operation of equipment furnished in a vehicle in response to a remote control request generated by a remote controller is provided. The method comprises the steps of (a) acquiring vehicle status information from the vehicle; (b) determining whether to operate particular vehicle equipment designated by the remote control request based on the vehicle status information; and (c) regulating the remote control request based on the determination result representing acceptability of remote-control operation of the requested vehicle equipment.

Remote control method and system, vehicle with remote controllable function, and control server

A vehicle control apparatus including a brake mechanism that produces braking force through actuation of a first actuator, a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through actuation of a second actuator, a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit.

Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, computer program for implementing same method, and data storage medium storing same computer program

When determining that a failure has occurred, a vehicle () transmits alarm lamp illumination information, vehicle ID information and user identification information to a center (). The center () transmits the received alarm lamp illumination information to an automobile dealer computer () at an automobile dealer. The center () then obtains abnormality countermeasure information transmitted from the automobile dealer, prepares an abnormality notification, and transmits the abnormality notification to the vehicle (). The vehicle () notifies a user of the abnormality notification, and reserves servicing at the automobile dealer through an operation of a reservation button performed by the user. With the reservation, the center () transmits an abnormality transmission request to the vehicle (). The vehicle () collects failure information in response to the failure information transmission request, and transmits the failure information to the center (). The center () transmits detailed abnormality countermeasure information transmitted from the automobile dealer to the vehicle ().

Vehicular diagnostic method, vehicular diagnostic system, vehicle and center

A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a brake mechanism that produces braking force through the actuation of a first actuator and a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through the actuation of a second actuator. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and that controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit in the controller controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using the electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit.

A vehicle control apparatus () provided with an automatic cruise apparatus () that automatically moves a vehicle, and a pre-crash brake apparatus () that automatically applies a brake to the vehicle when an obstacle is detected, includes cruising output value setting means () for making a cruising output value, which should be achieved using the automatic cruise apparatus (), smaller than a regular cruising output value used in normal times, when the obstacle is detected.

Vehicle control apparatus, and vehicle control method

A driver condition estimation apparatusestimates condition of a driver. The driver condition estimation apparatusincludes a driver condition estimating unitfor estimating the condition of the driver before the driver starts driving; and a control variable changing unitfor changing control variables of in-vehicle devices based on the condition of the driver estimated by the driver condition estimating unit

Driver condition estimation apparatus, server, driver information collecting apparatus, and driver condition estimation system

A vehicle information communication system includes a management serverwhereby an information terminalconnected to a networkand an on-vehicle device of the vehicleare in communication with each other; wherein the management serverincludes a contractor confirming partconfigured to send contractor information of the vehicle information communication system to the vehicle

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Naoki Taki