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Patent No.:

US 12371042 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2022

Driving assistance apparatus

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroaki Ito, Nisshin, JP;

Yoshitaka Kijima, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Peter D Nolan

Assistant Examiner:

Michael F Whalen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 30/18154 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract

A driving assistance apparatus configured to provide driving assistance regarding a traffic light to a driver of a host vehicle when the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in a passage prohibited state, wherein the driving assistance apparatus determines whether the driver is in a careless driving state, and suppresses driving assistance regarding the traffic light when the driver is determined to be in the careless driving state even when the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in the passage prohibited state.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ito, Hiroaki. (2025). Driving assistance apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12371042). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12371042

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