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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hisashi Satonaka, Susono, JP;
Yuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Akira Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Hideyuki Iwakiri, Tajimi, JP;
Toru Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Yuu Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Iwata, Anjo, JP;
Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hisashi Satonaka, Susono, JP;
Yuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Akira Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Hideyuki Iwakiri, Tajimi, JP;
Toru Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Yuu Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Iwata, Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle which calculates a path by an algorithm suitable for real-time path calculation in a vehicle-installed computing device is provided. A basic path that changes the deflection angle of the vehicle to 0 is computed from an initial vehicle position. From the basic path, a target path is computed, for example, by adding straight-line paths to the two opposite ends of the basic path. On the basis of the target path, a driving assist is performed. During the driving assist, a basic path is re-calculated. If it is determined that a similarity-enlarged path obtained through similarity enlargement of the basic path can be used to reach the target position point, a target path is re-set on the basis of the similarity-enlarged path. Then a driving assist is performed on the basis of the re-set target path.