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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
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 in driving a road, the method includes determining a location of a road boundary relative to the vehicle using a sensor, selecting, via a controller, a parameter to assist a driver of the vehicle at the location of the road boundary, updating the parameter based on a previous operation of the vehicle, determining, via the controller, whether the vehicle is approaching the road boundary based on a vehicle trajectory and the location of a road boundary, and providing a feedback operation to assist the driver in avoiding the road boundary, the feedback operation based on the selected parameter.