Vehicle driving control device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Sugano
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Abstract
A vehicle driving control device is configured to improve response to driver braking operation and shorten the free running distance. The vehicle driving control device processes an image showing an area ahead of the host vehicle to recognize a preceding vehicle in the host vehicle lane, and then determines whether or not the preceding vehicle is making a sudden lateral movement based on this image processing result. If the vehicle driving control device determines that the preceding vehicle is making a sudden lateral movement, then a preliminary braking force is generated.
Claims20
A vehicle driving control device comprising:
- a preceding vehicle detection section configured to detect a lateral position of a preceding vehicle in a host vehicle lane;
- a lateral movement determination section configured to detect a parameter of the preceding vehicle indicating a lateral movement of the preceding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle lane exceeding a threshold value based on the lateral position detected by the preceding vehicle detection section;
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- a preliminary braking force control section configured to generate a preliminary braking force upon determination by the lateral movement determination section that the parameter of the preceding vehicle exceeds the threshold value.
A vehicle driving control device comprising:
- preceding vehicle detection means for detecting a lateral position of a preceding vehicle in a host vehicle lane;
- lateral movement determination means for detecting a parameter of the preceding vehicle indicating a lateral movement of the preceding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle lane exceeding a threshold value based on the lateral position detected by the preceding vehicle detection means;
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- preliminary braking force control means for generating preliminary braking force upon determination by the lateral movement determination means that the parameter of the preceding vehicle exceeds the threshold value.
A method of controlling a host vehicle comprising:
- detecting a lateral position of a preceding vehicle in a host vehicle lane ahead of the host vehicle;
- detecting a parameter of the preceding vehicle indicating a lateral movement of the preceding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle lane exceeding a threshold value based on the lateral position of the preceding vehicle;
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- generating preliminary braking force upon determination that the parameter of the preceding vehicle exceeds the threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.