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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Takamatsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yuji Takada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yoshinori Kusayanagi, Kamakura, JP;
Norimasa Kishi, Yokohama, JP;
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle. A road to be driven by the driver is identified using a position determination unit. A parameter is selected to assist a driver of the vehicle in driving a segment of the road. The parameter includes information on the location of a boundary along the road and a preferred trajectory to be driven along the road. A controller determines whether a current trajectory of the vehicle while travelling the road is deviating from the preferred trajectory of the vehicle along the road. A feedback operation is provided to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle nearer to the preferred trajectory based on the selected parameter.