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Driving support apparatus and driving support method

US9789869B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2012
Grant dateOct 17, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2556/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is equipped with a travelable range detection device that detects a travelable range of a vehicle, a traveling control device that controls the vehicle such that the vehicle travels in the travelable range detected by the travelable range detection device, a vehicle control device that controls a behavior of the vehicle, and a controller that executes control to suppress a controlled variable of the traveling control device until a driver's follow-up operation for causing the vehicle to follow the travelable range by the vehicle control device is detected after start of control of the traveling control device.

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