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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Renault S.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Shinya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoichi Takei, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Renault S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A vehicle behavior estimation method includes: detecting a speed of a first preceding vehicle traveling in front of a host vehicle in a first lane where the host vehicle is traveling; detecting a speed of an adjacent vehicle traveling in a second lane adjacent to the first lane; calculating a relative speed between the first preceding vehicle and the adjacent vehicle; predicting whether or not an absolute value of the relative speed will be at or below a speed threshold value within a predetermined time from a point time when a decrease in the absolute value of the relative speed starts to be detected; and estimating that the adjacent vehicle is likely to change lanes into the first lane when the absolute value of the relative speed is predicted to be at or below the speed threshold value within the predetermined time.