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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Applicants:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Renault S.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Renault S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 60/0054 (2020.02); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving assistance method includes: extracting a point where a travel lane of a host vehicle joins another lane on a planned travel route of the host vehicle, as a high difficulty point where autonomous driving is difficult; and guiding switching of a traveling state of the host vehicle from autonomous driving to manual driving, at a point located at a predetermined distance before the high difficulty point.