Vehicle and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11279426-B2
Application number	US-202117174421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2021
Priority date	Mar 9, 2020
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

The present invention provides a vehicle comprising: a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle invading a predetermined region in front of a self-vehicle; and an output control unit configured to control output of an alarm to the obstacle in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle invading a predetermined region in front of a self-vehicle;
a determination unit configured to determine, in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit, whether an alarm to the detected obstacle is necessary or unnecessary; and
an output control unit configured to output the alarm to the detected obstacle in a case where the determination unit determines that the alarm to the detected obstacle is necessary,
wherein while the self-vehicle is traveling on a curve,
in a case where an obstacle invading from an inner side of the curve is detected by the detection unit, the determination unit determines that the alarm to the detected obstacle is unnecessary, and
in a case where an obstacle invading from an outer side of the curve is detected by the detection unit, the determination unit determines that the alarm to the detected obstacle is necessary.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein even if the obstacle is detected by the detection unit, the output control unit does not output the alarm to the detected obstacle in a case where the determination unit determines that the alarm to the detected obstacle is unnecessary.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where a speed of the self-vehicle is not more than a predetermined value, the determination unit determines that the alarm to the detected obstacle is unnecessary.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit judges whether the obstacle detected by the detection unit is an emergency vehicle that emits a siren, and determines, in a case of judging that the detected obstacle is the emergency vehicle, that the alarm to the detected obstacle is unnecessary.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined region is a region where the obstacle invading in front of the self-vehicle is detected by the detection unit, and
a range of the predetermined region in a vehicle width direction is set to be narrower as a distance from the vehicle increases.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the output control unit changes an output form of the alarm in accordance with a distance between the self-vehicle and an obstacle detected by the detection unit.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a straddle type vehicle.

8. A control method of a vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting an obstacle invading a predetermined region in front of a self-vehicle;
determining, in a case where the obstacle is detected in the detecting, whether an alarm to the detected obstacle is necessary or unnecessary; and
outputting the alarm to the detected obstacle in a case where it is determined in the determining that the alarm to the detected obstacle is necessary,
wherein while the self-vehicle is traveling on a curve,
in a case where an obstacle invading from an inner side of the curve is detected by the detecting, it is determined in the determining that the alarm to the detected obstacle is unnecessary, and
in a case where an obstacle invading from an outer side of the curve is detected by the detecting, it is determined in the determining that the alarm to the detected obstacle is necessary.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Takashi
• Tatsumi Shogo
• Suzuki Akiyuki
• Nishida Shogo
• Abe Takayuki
• Kakimoto Takaya

Classifications

• B62J3/10 Primary

  Electrical devices · CPC title

• B60Q1/525 Primary

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• B62J27/00

  Safety equipment · CPC title

• B62J45/20

  Cycle computers as cycle accessories · CPC title

• B60W2552/50

  Barriers · CPC title