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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/42 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/42 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01);
Abstract
An autonomous travel controller detects whether a host vehicle is carrying out a first course change for changing a course in a direction indicated by a turn indicator. Upon detecting that the host vehicle is carrying out the first course change, detecting whether there is a road that enables a second course change for changing the course of the host vehicle that branches from the road after the first course change. When a road that enables the second course change is detected, the autonomous travel controller turns the turn indicator off.