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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Masafumi Tsuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18159 (2020.02); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A travel control method is provided, in which a subject vehicle is controlled to autonomously travel on a road including intersections, the travel control method comprising: determining whether or not an intersection for the subject vehicle to seek to pass straight through is an offset intersection that is offset to the right or left with respect to a direction straight ahead of the subject vehicle; and when the intersection is an offset intersection, controlling the subject vehicle to pass through the intersection at a lower speed than when the intersection is not an offset intersection.