Vehicle lane change assist apparatus
US11267473B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/167
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle lane change assist apparatus of the invention determines that objects approaching a vehicle and having a predicted reaching time equal to or shorter than a predetermined predicted reaching time, satisfy a first condition and selects the objects satisfying the first condition as condition-determining-target-candidate objects with the number of the condition-determining-target-candidate objects being limited to a first number. The apparatus selects the condition-determining-target-candidate objects satisfying a second condition, as condition-determining-target objects with the number of the condition-determining-target objects being limited a second number equal to or smaller than the first number when a lane change assist control is requested. The apparatus executes the lane change assist control when a lane change execution condition that the vehicle does not contact any of the condition-determining-target objects while the vehicle is caused to move to a next lane by the lane change assist control, is satisfied.
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