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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shusaku Sugamoto, Toyota, JP;
Terumasa Endo, Miyoshi, JP;
Satoshi Inoue, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Hamaguchi, Seto, JP;
Shuhei Manabe, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus predicts an appropriate operation amount which is an operation amount performed by a driver in correspondence with the external environment, and sets the appropriate operation amount range including the appropriate operation amount, an appropriate operation amount range including the appropriate operation amount, and changes the reaction force characteristics of the operation device when it is determined that the operation amount of the driver corresponding to the prediction time point of the appropriate operation amount is not included in the appropriate operation amount range.