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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02);
Abstract
A travel assistance method for a vehicle, executed by the processor, comprising: detecting a road structure including a merging point where a merging lane and a merged lane merge, detecting a state of another vehicle traveling toward a merging point, setting, based on the road structure, a merging position relative to a traveling vehicle (other vehicle) traveling in the merged lane and a determination criterion for determining whether or not merging is possible at the merging position, and determining whether or not merging is possible based on the state of the subject vehicle, the state of the other vehicle and the determination criterion.