Patent ID: 6393361
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B60G,B60T,B60W,G08G

Abstract:
A dangerous approach prevention device which prevents a vehicle from being in a dangerous situation in approaching to a preceding vehicle, comprising:an unconsciousness judging means for detecting a state of a driver of the vehicle, an intention of accelerating the vehicle by the driver and an intention of changing a driving lane of the vehicle by the driver, and judging whether the driver is unconscious based on the detected state of the driver, a time after the intention of accelerating the vehicle by the driver is detected minus a predetermined time, and a time after the intention of changing the driving lane of the vehicle by the driver is detected minus a predetermined time; and a means for adjusting a braking force of the vehicle in response to a degree of approaching to the preceding vehicle when the driver is unconscious and applying a braking force corresponding to an ordinary amount of braking force when the driver is not unconscious, wherein the degree of approaching to the preceding vehicle is determined based on at least one of an accelerating degree of the vehicle and an accelerating degree of the preceding vehicle.