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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoichi Takei, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A travel assistance method selects a merging destination vehicle that will travel in front or behind a host vehicle when the host vehicle merges into an adjacent lane, based on a history of whether other vehicles traveling in the adjacent lane allowed merging of a first preceding vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle on a host lane and locations of the other vehicles traveling in the adjacent lane in a lane direction within a section in which the merging into the adjacent lane from the host lane is possible.