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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kuniaki Noda, Kanagawa, JP;
Fang Fang, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2012.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60T 8/58 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2550/302 (2013.01); B60W 2550/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inter-vehicle distance estimation method includes: estimating a screened area screened by an obstacle from a sensor and two unscreened areas sandwiching the screened area; and, based on speeds of two tracked vehicles traveling in a same traffic lane respectively within the two unscreened areas, estimating the inter-vehicle distances from the two tracked vehicles to a tracked vehicle traveling in the same traffic lane within the screened area.