DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• Main Authors: Ohno, Katsumi, Nakamura, Satoshi, Miyazaki, Sei, Sugaya, Fumio, Hasegawa, Noriaki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.06.2022
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The driver assistance system according to the present disclosure extracts, from information relating to a peripheral situation of the vehicle, risk target information relating to a risk target that is an existence causing a collision risk to the vehicle, obtains influence factor information relating to an influence factor that is a factor existing separately from the risk target and influencing the collision risk, determines a risk value obtained by quantifying the collision risk based on the risk target information and the influence factor information, and determines, based on the risk value, a manipulated variable of an actuator for controlling movement of the vehicle so as to decrease the collision risk.