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US 2020/0139972 A1Published application
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.
Claims5
A passing assist device comprising:
- a detection unit configured to detect a first vehicle ahead of a subject vehicle in a traveling lane when the subject vehicle is traveling in the traveling lane;
- a passing control unit configured to control a steering unit and a drive unit of the subject vehicle to change a lane from the traveling lane to a passing lane, pass the first vehicle detected by the detection unit, and change a lane from the passing lane to the traveling lane;
- a speed setting unit configured to set the speed of the subject vehicle traveling in the passing lane to the lower one of a preset speed and the speed of a preceding second vehicle in the passing lane;
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- a withhold unit configured to withhold a lane change from the passing lane to the traveling lane by the passing control unit when the speed of the subject vehicle set by the speed setting unit is lower than the preset speed while the subject vehicle is traveling in the passing lane.
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