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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yusuke Mase, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyuki Usui, Inazawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Moriya, Susono, JP;
Jiro Ohachi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yuki Tomiku, Susono, JP;
Yuji Misumi, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuhiro Narita, Toyota, JP;
Masakatsu Onitsuka, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driving assist apparatus comprises a driver monitor sensor which detects a state of a driver of an own vehicle installed with the driving assist apparatus. The apparatus determines whether the driver is in a drowsy state, based on the state of the driver detected by the driver monitor sensor. The apparatus determines that a light collision occurs when a light collision determination condition that at least one collision index value representing a level of a collision of the own vehicle is larger than a light collision determination threshold at which an airbag is not developed, is satisfied. The apparatus executes a secondary collision damage mitigation control to apply a braking force to the own vehicle or limit a driving force applied to the own vehicle when determining that the driver is in the drowsy state, and the light collision occurs.