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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Daisuke Takama, Southfield, MI (US);
Takayuki Kimura, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/0255 (2013.01); B62D 6/001 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a road sensor mounted in a subject vehicle, the road sensor configured to detect a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane of a road on which the subject vehicle is traveling, and a processor coupled to the road sensor. The processor is programmed to receive a lane change request for the subject vehicle to enter or exit the HOV lane, determine, using the road sensor, whether an entrance or exit for the HOV lane is present, and upon determining that no entrance or exit for the HOV lane is present, suppress the lane change request.