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US 2009/0157247 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for using an automated lane keeping system to maintain lateral vehicle spacing
AssigneeVolvo Technology Corporation
InventorsAgneta Sjögren, Achim Beutner
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for piloting a vehicle is herein disclosed. The method entails first using a lane keeping system to detect objects in lanes adjacent to the lane currently occupied by the vehicle and then adjusting the position of the vehicle within the occupied lane-relative to a detected object.
Claims19
A method for piloting a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting objects in lanes adjacent to a lane occupied by the vehicle using a lane keeping system;
- and
- adjusting, relative to at least one detected object, a position of the vehicle within the occupied lane.
A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer system to pilot a vehicle, by performing the steps of:
- detecting objects in lanes adjacent to a lane occupied by the vehicle, using a lane keeping system;
- and
- adjusting, relative to at least one detected object, a position of the vehicle within the occupied lane.
A system for piloting a vehicle, comprising:
- means for detecting objects in lanes adjacent to a lane occupied by the vehicle;
- and
- means for adjusting a position of the vehicle, relative to at least one detected object, within the occupied lane using detection information generated by the detecting means.
A system for piloting a vehicle, comprising:
- a lane keeping system;
- and
- a within-lane vehicle adjusting module adapted to receive from the lane keeping system both information regarding objects detected in lanes adjacent to a lane occupied by the vehicle and information regarding boundaries of the occupied lane;
- the within-lane vehicle adjusting module utilizing the received information to provide an output signal used to adjust a position of the vehicle within the occupied lane relative to at least one detected object.
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A system for piloting a vehicle, comprising:
- a lane keeping system;
- a processor associated with the lane keeping system;
- a computer readable memory segment adapted to be connected to the processor;
- a within-lane vehicle adjusting module included within the computer readable memory, the within-lane vehicle adjusting module comprising computer program code segments which, when executed by the processor, implement the following steps:
- detecting objects in lanes adjacent to a lane occupied by the vehicle, using the lane keeping system;
- and
- adjusting, relative to at least one detected object, a position of the vehicle within the occupied lane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.