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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Oka, Wako, JP;
Masayuki Nakatsuka, Wako, JP;
Shinya Maruo, Wako, JP;
Shunya Ishikawa, Wako, JP;
Yohei Kitahara, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance device performs either or both of performing braking control to instruct a vehicle to stop the vehicle when a degree of approach between the vehicle and a target object satisfies a first condition or instructing the vehicle to avoid contact with the target object by steering, performs a first preliminary operation when the degree of approach satisfies a second condition, performs a second preliminary operation when the degree of approach satisfies a third condition and it is determined that there is no space in which the vehicle can proceed after performing avoidance steering in any of travel paths to sides of the target object at a time when the third condition is satisfied, and changes a control mode of the braking control when a situation where the first preliminary operation or the second preliminary operation that is being executed becomes unable to continue has occurred.