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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Ko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Taira, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Fukata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/28 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/026 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02);
Abstract
A travel control apparatus, when a lane line of the traffic lane that had been being detected is no longer detected, estimates an imaginary lane line based on the position of the lane line detected in the past and controls the travel of the host vehicle such that the host vehicle is at a predetermined position with respect to the imaginary lane line.