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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kei Tamura, Kariya, JP;
Yosuke Ito, Kariya, JP;
Akitoshi Minemura, Kariya, JP;
Jun Tsuchida, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Shimizu, Numazu, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus accumulates a history of timings of avoidance operations performed by a driver of with respect to objects that are at prescribed distances ahead of a host vehicle, and calculates a distribution of the timings of the avoidance operations. Based on the distribution of the timings of the avoidance operations, the vehicle control apparatus sets the output timing of a warning to the driver such that interference does not occur between the avoidance operation and an avoidance operation that is actually performed by the driver, and furthermore the vehicle control apparatus judges the risk of a collision with the host vehicle, with the judgement based on the position of an object that is ahead of the host vehicle, and changes the output timing of the warning based on results of the judgement of risk.