DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE AND DRIVE ASSIST METHOD

• Main Authors: SANO MASATAKA, SAKATA TAKUYA, YAMAUCHI KOICHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.01.2022
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; ALARM SYSTEMS; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; NAVIGATION; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide a drive assist device capable of restoring a driver, who suffers a decrease in a degree of awakening during driving or is in a careless driving state, to a condition suitable for driving.SOLUTION: A drive assist device allows a detector to detect a driver's decrease in a degree of awakening or careless driving. When the decrease in the degree of awakening or careless driving is detected, the drive assist device allows a navigation device to search for a rest facility located along a route on the basis of map information, and proposes guiding a vehicle to the rest facility. Until the vehicle reaches the rest facility, the drive assist device allows a stimulus application device to continuously or intermittently apply a stimulus to the driver.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】運転中に覚醒度が低下した運転者や漫然運転状態にある運転者を、運転に適した状態に復帰させることができる運転支援装置を提供する。【解決手段】運転支援装置は、検知装置によって運転者の覚醒度低下或いは漫然運転を検知する。覚醒度低下或いは漫然運転が検知された場合、運転支援装置は、ナビゲーション装置によって地図情報からルート上の休憩施設を検索し、休憩施設への車両の案内を提案する。車両が前記休憩施設へ到着するまでの間、運転支援装置は、刺激付与装置により運転者に対して継続的に或いは断続的に刺激を付与する。【選択図】図７