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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Yuka Minegishi, Hatsukaichi, JP;

Keiichi Tomii, Hiroshima, JP;

Takahiro Tochioka, Higashihiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0089 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/20 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/20 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a control unit configured to perform a drive assistance control based on a balance state between a driver's required driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance which is provided to the driver by the vehicle, and a driver's current driving ability. The control unit includes a processor configured to execute a balance determining module to determine the balance state between the required driving ability and the current driving ability based on a physical quantity related to a driving operation by the driver.


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