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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroshi Tsuda, McLean, VA (US);
Inventor:
Hiroshi Tsuda, McLean, VA (US);
Assignee:
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lane departure avoidance system is provided with a rumble strip sensing device and a lateral lane departure rate determining component. The rumble strip sensing device is configured to detect an input from a rumble strip to a vehicle wheel that is indicative of a rumble strip engagement amount. The lateral lane departure rate determining component is configured to determine a lateral rate of lane departure of a vehicle based on a detection result of the rumble strip sensing device.