Driving support device, driving support method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11673606-B2
Application number	US-202217679237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2022
Priority date	Mar 17, 2021
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A driving support device includes: a trajectory deriving unit configured to derive a reference trajectory in a predetermined section corresponding to a predetermined curve shape; a frequency deriving unit configured to derive a first frequency which is determined according to a frequency component of a steering angle of a vehicle when it is assumed that the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section along the reference trajectory; a detection value acquiring unit configured to acquire a detection value of the steering angle; a component deriving unit configured to derive a frequency component of the steering angle acquired in the predetermined section when the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section; and a driving support unit configured to determine a driving support operation for a driver of the vehicle on the basis of a result of comparison between an integrated value of the frequency component in a first band equal to or greater than the first frequency and equal to or less than a second frequency and a first reference value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving support device comprising:
a trajectory deriving unit configured to derive a reference trajectory in a predetermined section corresponding to a predetermined curve shape;
a frequency deriving unit configured to derive a first frequency which is determined according to a frequency component of a steering angle of a vehicle when it is assumed that the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section along the reference trajectory;
a detection value acquiring unit configured to acquire a detection value of the steering angle;
a component deriving unit configured to derive a frequency component of the steering angle acquired in the predetermined section when the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section; and
a driving support unit configured to determine a driving support operation for a driver of the vehicle on the basis of a result of comparison between an integrated value of the frequency component in a first band equal to or greater than the first frequency and equal to or less than a second frequency and a first reference value.

2. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving support unit is configured to decrease a degree of driving support for the driver of the vehicle when the integrated value of the frequency component in the first band is less than the first reference value.

3. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving support device is configured to increase a degree of driving support for the driver of the vehicle when the integrated value of the frequency component in a second band equal to or greater than the second frequency is equal to or greater than a second reference value.

4. The driving support device according to claim 3 , wherein the driving support unit is configured to determine a relationship between an amount of departure of the vehicle from a lane and a steering reaction force for preventing departure of the vehicle from the lane according to the degree of driving support when the steering reaction is output from a steering device of the vehicle as the driving support operation.

5. The driving support device according to claim 3 , wherein the driving support unit is configured to adjust a speed of the vehicle according to the degree of driving support and an inter-vehicle distance when the inter-vehicle distance of the vehicle is maintained as the driving support operation.

6. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the trajectory deriving unit is configured to derive the reference trajectory as a candidate for a target trajectory of the vehicle on the basis of an integrated value of the frequency component in a third band equal to or greater than a third frequency determined according to the frequency component of the steering angle and equal to or less than the first frequency out of the frequency components of the steering angle acquired in the predetermined section in the past.

7. A driving support method that is performed by a computer of a driving support device, the driving support method comprising:
a trajectory deriving step of deriving a reference trajectory in a predetermined section corresponding to a predetermined curve shape;
a frequency deriving step of deriving a first frequency which is determined according to a frequency component of a steering angle of a vehicle when it is assumed that the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section along the reference trajectory;
a detection value acquiring step of acquiring a detection value of the steering angle;
a component deriving step of deriving a frequency component of the steering angle acquired in the predetermined section when the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section; and
a driving support step of determining a driving support operation for a driver of the vehicle on the basis of a result of comparison between an integrated value of the frequency component in a first band equal to or greater than the first frequency and equal to or less than a second frequency and a first reference value.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform:
a trajectory deriving process of deriving a reference trajectory in a predetermined section corresponding to a predetermined curve shape;
a frequency deriving process of deriving a first frequency which is determined according to a frequency component of a steering angle of a vehicle when it is assumed that the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section along the reference trajectory;
a detection value acquiring process of acquiring a detection value of the steering angle;
a component deriving process of deriving a frequency component of the steering angle acquired in the predetermined section when the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section; and
a driving support process of determining a driving support operation for a driver of the vehicle on the basis of a result of comparison between an integrated value of the frequency component in a first band equal to or greater than the first frequency and equal to or less than a second frequency and a first reference value.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iitaka Ryo
• Higuchi Minoru
• Sasaki Aya
• Akuta Yoshimitsu

Classifications

• B62D5/0481

  monitoring the steering system, e.g. failures · CPC title

• B62D15/025 Primary

  Active steering aids, e.g. helping the driver by actively influencing the steering system after environment evaluation (B62D1/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60W50/00 Primary

  Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit {, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces} · CPC title

• B62D6/007

  adjustable by the driver, e.g. sport mode · CPC title

• B60W60/001

  Planning or execution of driving tasks · CPC title