Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operation assist apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 操作辅助装置
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Application No.: US12297646Application Date: 2007-08-01
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Publication No.: US08280602B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Masaaki Uechi , Kazuya Sasaki , Masumi Kobana , Hirokazu Nishitani , Hiroaki Kosaka
- Applicant: Masaaki Uechi , Kazuya Sasaki , Masumi Kobana , Hirokazu Nishitani , Hiroaki Kosaka
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi JP Ikoma-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi JP Ikoma-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-212167 20060803
- International Application: PCT/IB2007/002218 WO 20070801
- International Announcement: WO2008/015551 WO 20080207
- Main IPC: B60K28/02
- IPC: B60K28/02

Abstract:
An operation assist apparatus including: an assist controller that assists a driver of a vehicle in operating the vehicle before a stop point; and a watching action detector that detects a watching action of the driver for watching the stop point. The assist controller changes an assist manner in which to assist the vehicle operation by the driver in accordance with whether the watching action is detected by the watching action detector during deceleration of the vehicle. Thus configured, the operation assist apparatus can accurately determine whether the driver will stop the vehicle at the stop point and thus can perform the vehicle operation assist appropriately.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090069994A1 OPERATION ASSIST APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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