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US 10,766,490 B2Granted
Driving assistance method and driving assistance apparatus
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotonobu Aoki, Naoki Kojo, Hiroyuki Takano
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AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotonobu Aoki, Naoki Kojo, Hiroyuki Takano
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A driving assistance method of causing a host vehicle to travel by following a preceding vehicle includes: determining whether the preceding vehicle of the host vehicle is present or absent and, upon determining that the preceding vehicle is present, performing a preceding vehicle type determination of determining whether the preceding vehicle of the host vehicle is a four-wheeler or a two-wheeler; upon the preceding vehicle being a four-wheeler, performing both a control of inter-vehicle distance to the four-wheeler and a route following based on the four-wheeler; and upon the preceding vehicle being a two-wheeler, performing a control of inter-vehicle distance to the two-wheeler without performing a route following based on the two-wheeler.
A driving assistance method of causing a host vehicle to travel by following a preceding vehicle, the driving assistance method comprising:
A driving assistance apparatus comprising a processor configured to perform a control of inter-vehicle distance between a host vehicle and a preceding vehicle and a control of a route following based on the preceding vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.