18920559. VEHICULAR SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
VEHICULAR SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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VEHICULAR SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18920559 titled 'VEHICULAR SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
In a control apparatus, upon determination that an obstacle has a collision possibility, an operation determiner determines to instruct a notification system to issue, to an occupant, a notification related to the collision possibility with the obstacle. The operation determiner determines whether a collision-avoidance operation has been carried out by the occupant since the issuance of the notification. The operation determiner determines not to instruct the vehicle motion control system to execute a collision-avoidance assistance operation upon determination that (i) no collision-avoidance operations have been carried out by the occupant since the issuance of the notification and (ii) the obstacle having the collision possibility is a low-height object, the low-height object being defined as an object that has fallen on a road and has a height that is sufficiently low that the vehicle is enabled to pass over the obstacle.
