Patent ID: 9031743
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60T,B60W,B62D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A collision avoidance device that prevents wasteful collision avoidance control and wasteful issuance of warnings, the device comprising: a sensor to detect information around an own vehicle; an object detector to detect an object from the information; a lane detector to detect a traveling lane; a driving assisting unit that assists a driver so as to prevent the own vehicle from departing the lane; a collision judging unit that judges a collision probability between the own vehicle and the object; a judging method changing unit that changes a method for judging the collision probability by the collision judging unit; a collision avoidance unit that performs a control to avoid the collision; a warning control unit that issues a collision warning; and an electronic control unit having control logic which, when executed, determines whether the driver is assisted by the driving assisting unit, wherein: