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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9142131 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2012

Vehicle driving support apparatus

Applicants:

Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;

Shuhei Nishimaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;

Shuhei Nishimaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Fadey Jabr

Assistant Examiner:

Kevin P Mahne

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60T 8/1755 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/17557 (2013.01); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 15/0265 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60T 2201/08 (2013.01); B60T 2210/24 (2013.01); B60T 2210/34 (2013.01); B60T 2210/36 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A braking/driving force control unit determines whether or not the driver has a intention of lane change on the basis of the detected road shape and the steering amount. The braking/driving force control unit detects an obstacle which is an obstacle present rearward and sideward of the vehicle. The braking/driving force control unit determines whether approach prevention control for preventing an the vehicle from approaching to the obstacle should start, when it is determined that the driver has the intention of lane change and the obstacle is detected, and performs the approach prevention control for supporting prevention of the vehicle from approaching to the obstacle when it is determined that the control should start. At this time, the braking/driving force control unit determines detection accuracy of the road shape ahead of the vehicle and suppresses the determination of the start of the control when the detection accuracy is low.

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