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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/162 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 60/0023 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated driving method for a vehicle includes: determining whether or not a traffic jam is detected ahead of a host vehicle by a distance equal to or more than a predetermined distance on a travel route of the host vehicle during travel by automated driving that brings a vehicle speed close to a target vehicle speed; and in a traffic jam detection time when the traffic jam is detected, reducing the vehicle speed VSP to be lower than a target vehicle speed VSPt0 for the automated driving in a normal time other than the traffic jam detection time.