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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Takamatsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yuji Takada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yoshinori Kusayanagi, Kamakura, JP;
Norimasa Kishi, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving a road, the method includes determining a location of a road boundary along a segment of a road relative to the vehicle using a sensor, selecting, via a controller, a parameter for the segment of the road, the parameter including a plurality of values corresponding to a plurality of boundary locations along the segment of the road, determining, via the controller, whether the vehicle is approaching the road boundary based on a vehicle trajectory and the location of the plurality of boundary locations, and providing a feedback operation to assist the driver in avoiding the road boundary, the feedback operation based on the selected parameter.