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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Ko Sato, Atsugi, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Atsugi, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided with an obstacle detecting device, a future position estimating device, an obstacle avoidance control device, and a lane change intent detecting device. The obstacle detecting device detects an existence of an obstacle positioned laterally of a host vehicle. The future position estimating device estimates a future position of the host vehicle after a prescribed amount of time. The obstacle avoidance control device executes an obstacle avoidance control. The lane change intent detecting device detects an intent of a driver to effect a lane change and a direction of the intended lane change. Therefore, when it is detected that the driver intends to move to an adjacent lane located on the opposite side of the vehicle as the side containing the obstacle, a control suppressing portion of the obstacle avoidance control device suppresses the obstacle avoidance control.