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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kou Satou, Atsugi, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Ebina, JP;
Hidekazu Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kou Satou, Atsugi, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Ebina, JP;
Hidekazu Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
When an obstacle is sensed on a side of a vehicle, the future position of the vehicle after a prescribed time is predicted. When the predicted vehicle future position reaches a prescribed lateral position in the lane width direction, a decision to start a control is made, and the vehicle is controlled in a direction to prevent it from coming too close to the obstacle. If a state occurs in which the obstacle is sensed after not being sensed (i.e., it is first sensed), a decision to start the control is suppressed.