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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Mikio Yagi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60J 3/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60J 3/04 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60K 2370/143 (2019.05); B60K 2370/146 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/177 (2019.05); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus includes: a driving assister that assists driving by a driver of a vehicle, by way of driving assistance functions; and a controller that obtains inattentive state information indicating an inattentive state of the driver, and reduces or deactivates at least one driving assistance function among the driving assistance functions, by controlling the driving assister based on the inattentive state information obtained.