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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Hayashi, Nagakute, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus includes a memory and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to acquire voice information uttered by a driver, recognize content of the voice information, output information on content of a process based on a recognition result of the voice information before executing the process, and execute the process when an approval signal that approves the execution of the process is input from an operation member disposed on a steering wheel that the driver holds to steer a vehicle.