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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2014
Applicants:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiro Takamatsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yuji Takada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yoshinori Kusayanagi, Kamakura, JP;

Norimasa Kishi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignees:

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2012.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0089 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/20 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01);
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.


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