Passing assist device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKoji Fujiki, Hiroaki Niino, Shotaro Fukuda
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Abstract
A passing assist device includes a detection unit, a passing control unit, a speed setting unit, and a suspending unit. When the speed of an own vehicle set by the speed setting unit is lower than a preset speed when the own vehicle is traveling in a passing lane, the suspending unit suspends a lane change from the passing lane to a traveling lane by the passing control unit.
Claims6
A passing assist device for controlling a subject vehicle to perform a lane change from a traveling lane in which the subject vehicle is traveling, the subject vehicle equipped with an object detection sensor, the device comprising:
- a microcomputer comprising a processor, the microcomputer being configured to:
- detect, using the object detection sensor, a first vehicle ahead of the subject vehicle in the traveling lane;
- control a steering system and a power train system of the subject vehicle to change lanes from the traveling lane to a passing lane, pass the first vehicle detected, and change lanes from the passing lane to the traveling lane;
- set a speed of the subject vehicle traveling in the passing lane to a lower one of a preset speed and a speed of a preceding second vehicle in the passing lane;
- and
- suspend the lane change from the passing lane to the traveling lane in response to the speed of the subject vehicle set being lower than the preset speed while the subject vehicle is traveling in the passing lane.
A computer-implemented method for controlling a subject vehicle to perform a lane change from a traveling lane in which the subject vehicle is traveling, the subject vehicle equipped with an object detection sensor, the method comprising:
- detecting, using the object detection sensor and a processor, a first vehicle ahead of the subject vehicle in the traveling lane;
- controlling, using the processor, a steering system and a power train system of the subject vehicle to change lanes from the traveling lane to a passing lane, pass the first vehicle, and change lanes from the passing lane to the traveling lane;
- setting, using the processor, a speed of the subject vehicle traveling in the passing lane to a lower one of a preset speed and a speed of a preceding second vehicle in the passing lane;
- and
- suspending, using the processor, the lane change from the passing lane to the traveling lane in response to the speed of the subject vehicle being lower than the preset speed while the subject vehicle is traveling in the passing lane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.