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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

May. 18, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Motonobu Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoki Kojo, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Takano, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 2050/006 (2013.01); B60W 2530/201 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02);
Abstract

A driving assistance method of causing a host vehicle to travel by following a preceding vehicle includes: determining whether the preceding vehicle of the host vehicle is present or absent and, upon determining that the preceding vehicle is present, performing a preceding vehicle type determination of determining whether the preceding vehicle of the host vehicle is a four-wheeler or a two-wheeler; upon the preceding vehicle being a four-wheeler, performing both a control of inter-vehicle distance to the four-wheeler and a route following based on the four-wheeler; and upon the preceding vehicle being a two-wheeler, performing a control of inter-vehicle distance to the two-wheeler without performing a route following based on the two-wheeler.


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