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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tomohiko Inoue, Kariya-city, JP;
Youhei Masui, Kariya-city, JP;
Hiroaki Niino, Kariya-city, JP;
Yuki Tezuka, Toyota, JP;
Naoki Kusumoto, Toyota, JP;
Yuuji Kosaka, Kariya-city, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-city, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance device includes a determination unit that determines whether a brake light of a preceding vehicle located in front of a vehicle is turned on, based on a lighting state of a headlight of the preceding vehicle and an acceleration/deceleration of the preceding vehicle, a calculation unit that calculates a target acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, based on a determination by the determination unit of whether the brake light of the preceding vehicle is turned on, and a control unit that controls the vehicle so that an acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle corresponds to the target acceleration/deceleration.