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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Oyagi, Kyoto, JP;

Hirokazu Ito, Sunto-gun Shizuoka, JP;

Shinya Shiratori, Susono, JP;

Norimi Asahara, Numazu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2005.12); B60W 40/08 (2011.12); B60W 40/105 (2011.12); B60W 50/14 (2019.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2012.12); B60W 40/08 (2012.12); B60W 40/105 (2012.12); B60W 2040/0818 (2012.12); B60W 2050/143 (2012.12); B60W 2050/146 (2012.12); B60W 2540/229 (2020.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.01); B60W 2555/60 (2020.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.01);
Abstract

A control device includes: a controller controlling a first vehicle, the controller being configured to estimate a degree of concentration of a driver in the first vehicle during traveling of the first vehicle based on a first distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle traveling in front of the first vehicle, a second distance between the first vehicle and a third vehicle traveling behind the first vehicle, and a relationship between a vehicle speed of the first vehicle and a predetermined vehicle speed, and execute a vehicle control of recovering the concentration of the driver based on an estimation result.


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