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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2015
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Ezoe, Tokyo, JP;
Harunobu Horiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Takaso, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a vehicle equipped with a driving support apparatus moves from an original traveling lane into a lane for passing in order to pass a preceding vehicle and an oncoming vehicle appears in the lane for passing, the safe passing of the preceding vehicle is determined to be impossible and the passing is interrupted even when the oncoming vehicle decelerates, in the case where a deceleration change amount of the oncoming vehicle is smaller than a threshold. On the other hand, when the deceleration change amount of the oncoming vehicle is equal to or greater than the threshold, whereby safety with respect to surrounding vehicles can be confirmed, and it is determined the vehicle can be safely returned in front of the preceding vehicle, the passing of the preceding vehicle is performed.