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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Inventors:

Yoshiro Takamatsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yuji Takada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yoshinori Kusayanagi, Kamakura, JP;

Norimasa Kishi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignees:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 50/16 (2012.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 6/008 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/146 (2013.01); B60W 2710/202 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle, the method includes obtaining a location of a road boundary relative to the vehicle using a sensor, selecting, via a controller, a parameter to assist a driver of the vehicle when approaching the location of the road boundary based on a condition, determining, via the controller, based on the location of the road boundary whether the vehicle will be a predetermined distance from the road boundary, and providing a feedback operation to assist the driver in avoiding the road boundary based on the selected parameter.


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