Travel assistance device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9963128
SERIAL NO

15648917

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A travel assistance device includes an actuator and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to predict a future position of a vehicle and an object, set an assistance range around the vehicle, determine whether an avoidance start condition is satisfied and in which of a first roadway area, a second roadway area, and a sidewalk area the object is positioned, set the avoidance start condition and a movement range of the object, so that the avoidance start condition is more easily determined to be satisfied when the object is in the first roadway area than when the object is in the second roadway area, and more easily determined to be satisfied when the object is in the second roadway area than when the object is in the sidewalk area, and perform a collision avoidance operation when the avoidance start condition is satisfied.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujita, Kazuyuki Gotenba, JP 56 273
Nagata, Shinichi Yokohama, JP 64 778
Sato, Minami Ebina, JP 39 233
Tochigi, Kohei Susono, JP 44 119

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