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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2024
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
J-quad Dynamics Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Karin Morita, Tokyo, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-city, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
J-QUAD DYNAMICS Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a control apparatus, upon determination that an obstacle has a collision possibility, an operation determiner determines to instruct a notification system to issue, to an occupant, a notification related to the collision possibility with the obstacle. The operation determiner determines whether a collision-avoidance operation has been carried out by the occupant since the issuance of the notification. The operation determiner determines not to instruct the vehicle motion control system to execute a collision-avoidance assistance operation upon determination that (i) no collision-avoidance operations have been carried out by the occupant since the issuance of the notification and (ii) the obstacle having the collision possibility is a low-height object, the low-height object being defined as an object that has fallen on a road and has a height that is sufficiently low that the vehicle is enabled to pass over the obstacle.