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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Yohei Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohei Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Kamimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle travel assistance method and a travel assistance device for a vehicle include determining whether or not a route-following lane change that is a lane change for traveling along a set travel route can be assisted with autonomous lane change control, and when determining that the route-following lane change cannot be assisted with the autonomous lane change control, notifying a driver that a lane change with the autonomous lane change control cannot be made, and prohibiting the autonomous lane change control from assisting a lane change in a direction opposite to a direction in which the vehicle moves during the route-following lane change.