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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Motonari Ohbayashi, Nagakute, JP;
Akihiro Kida, Toyota, JP;
Toshihiro Takagi, Nissin, JP;
Masashi Yamazaki, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Nishi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/171 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2210/32 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01); B60T 2270/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle brake control apparatus according to the invention stops an activation of a brake device when a person exists outside of a braking area. The apparatus determines whether or not the person exists outside of the braking area on the basis of a moving direction and a moving amount of at least one characteristic point included in a landscape image captured by a camera device when a person image included in the landscape image cannot be detected by a pattern matching technique.