Driving assistance apparatus
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsHiroaki Niino, Masao Oooka, Shotaro Fukuda, Aki Nagatomo
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Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus is mounted in an own vehicle and performs driving assistance for the own vehicle. The driving assistance apparatus determines a travel recommended lane in which the own vehicle is to travel, based on a comparison of a preset vehicle speed set in advance to allow the own vehicle to travel at a constant speed, to a travel state of a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle in a travel lane in which the own vehicle is traveling and a travel state of an adjacent vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the travel lane. The driving assistance apparatus performs output based on the travel recommended lane.
Claims14
A driving assistance apparatus that is mounted in an own vehicle and performs driving assistance for the own vehicle to determine a travel recommended lane in which the own vehicle is to travel, the own vehicle traveling in a travel lane with respect to a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle in the travel lane and an adjacent vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the travel lane, the driving assistance apparatus comprising:
- a first determining section that determines, using a processor, the travel recommended lane based on a comparison of a preset vehicle speed of the own vehicle, set in advance to allow the own vehicle to travel at a constant speed, with a speed of the preceding vehicle and a speed of the adjacent vehicle, the first determining section determining the travel recommended lane based on which of the preceding vehicle or the adjacent vehicle has a speed closer to the preset vehicle speed;
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- an output section that performs, using the processor, an output based on the travel recommended lane to perform travel control of the own vehicle.
A driving assistance method for performing driving assistance for an own vehicle to determine a travel recommended lane in which the own vehicle is to travel, the own vehicle traveling in a travel lane with respect to a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle in the travel lane and an adjacent vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the travel lane, the driving assistance method comprising:
- determining a speed of the preceding vehicle;
- determining a speed of the adjacent vehicle;
- determining the travel recommended lane based on a comparison of a preset vehicle speed of the own vehicle, set in advance to allow the own vehicle to travel at a constant speed, to the speed of the preceding vehicle and the speed of the adjacent vehicle, the travel recommended lane being determined based on which of the preceding vehicle or the adjacent vehicle has a speed closer to the preset vehicle speed;
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- performing an output, by the driving assistance apparatus, based on the travel recommended lane to perform travel control of the own vehicle.
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