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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2015
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Ezoe, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Harunobu Horiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Takaso, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an oncoming vehicle in an oncoming lane is detected in the case where a vehicle equipped with a driving support apparatus moves to a position across a portion of a boundary between an original traveling lane of the vehicle and the oncoming lane in order to pass a preceding vehicle, passing control is interrupted. When the departure of the oncoming vehicle from the oncoming lane is confirmed, the interruption of the passing control is canceled and the passing is performed. When the oncoming vehicle does not depart, or when it the oncoming vehicle is determined to depart but a vehicle following the oncoming vehicle is detected, the interruption of the passing control is maintained and the vehicle is returned to behind the preceding vehicle in the original traveling lane.