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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2014
Applicants:

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

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi Kanagawa, JP;

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 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2012.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B62D 15/024 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle includes obtaining a feature of a road to be traveled by the vehicle with a sensor and/or a GPS system. A parameter is selected to assist a driver of the vehicle in driving a segment of the road based on the feature of the road. The parameter includes information on the location of a boundary along the road and a preferred trajectory to be driven along the road. A controller determines whether a current trajectory of the vehicle while travelling the road is deviating from the preferred trajectory of the vehicle along the road. A feedback operation is provided to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle nearer to the preferred trajectory based on the selected parameter.


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