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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Mishina, Kanagawa, JP;
Abdelaziz Khiat, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A travel control method includes estimating the position of a subject vehicle on the basis of a detection result of a first detector, detecting a lane in which the subject vehicle travels, on the basis of a detection result of a second detector, determining that whether the position of the subject vehicle based on the positional information is included in the lane and outputting the determination as a first determination result, and determining that whether the position of the subject vehicle estimated on the basis of the detection result of the first detector is included in the lane and outputting the determination as a second determination result, and a step of performing a position estimation process of estimating the position of the subject vehicle on the basis of the detection result of the first detector when the first determination result and the second determination result are not identical.