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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Yoshitaka Takagi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hikaru Nishira, Machida, JP;
Yoshitaka Deguchi, Yokosuka, JP;
Taketora Negome, Ayase, JP;
Yoshitaka Takagi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hikaru Nishira, Machida, JP;
Yoshitaka Deguchi, Yokosuka, JP;
Taketora Negome, Ayase, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle driving assistance apparatus includes a brake operation sensing device to sense a driver's brake operation, a steering operation sensing device to sense a driver's steering operation, a forward, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether there is a need for avoiding the obstacle, by examining a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle, and to produce a yaw moment to an obstacle avoiding direction advantageous for avoiding the obstacle, from the time of detection of the driver's brake operation, to the time of detection of the driver's steering operation, by adjusting a wheel brake/drive force distribution among wheels resulting from the driver's brake operation when there is the need for avoiding the obstacle.