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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12311909 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2023

Apparatus and method for steering adjustment

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventor:

Ryusuke Kuroda, Tokyo-to, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Phutthiwat Wongwian

Assistant Examiner:

Susan E Scharpf

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/087 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 60/0055 (2020.02); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); B60W 2050/0073 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02);
Abstract

An apparatus for steering adjustment detects a gaze direction of a driver of a vehicle from a facial image in which a face of the driver is represented. During autonomous driving in which steering of the vehicle is autonomously controlled, when an operation by the driver on a steering wheel is detected, determines whether the gaze direction of the driver corresponds to the steering direction in the operation of the driver. The apparatus adjusts a reaction force with respect to the operation of the steering wheel smaller when the gaze direction corresponds to the steering direction than when the gaze direction does not correspond to the steering direction.

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