Vehicle travel control method and travel control device
US10661803B2 · kind B2 · utility
1Cited by
0References
10Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2754/30
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
During automated or autonomous travel control of a subject vehicle, when a road section including at least one of a curve and a narrow road is present ahead of the subject vehicle and another vehicle is traveling in an adjacent lane to the traveling lane for the subject vehicle, inter-vehicle distance control is executed in which the subject vehicle is controlled to travel with an inter-vehicle distance that is set such that the subject vehicle and the other vehicle do not travel side by side when the subject vehicle travels in the road section.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.