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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kenichiroh Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Naruhisa Yoshida, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomosue, Tokyo-to, JP;
Shunichiroh Sawai, Tokyo-to, JP;
Naoki Nishimura, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takanori Kusakabe, Gotemba, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Nisshin, JP;
Shogo Konishi, Susono, JP;
Hirofumi Mori, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a driving assistance apparatus (a control unit ()) for a vehicle capable of hands-off driving that lets a driver take his or her hands off the steering wheel. The driving assistance apparatus includes a processor () configured to determine, on the basis of sensor information indicating a state of the driver, whether or not the driver is in a state unsuitable for the surrounding monitoring of the vehicle during the hands-off driving, warn the driver through a notification device when it is determined that the driver is in a state unsuitable for the surrounding monitoring, and notify the driver, through the notification device, of a request for holding the steering wheel.