Title:
TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE AND TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016017758
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a travel support device that can present a travel lane where an effect on a user's vehicle is slight and allow the user's vehicle to start optimal lane change more safely and reliably before approaching a junction where a joining vehicle affects a travel of the user's vehicle.SOLUTION: A travel support device sets a travel route of a user's vehicle, detects a junction section on the travel route of the user's vehicle when the travel route of the user's vehicle is a main lane, and determines a degree of difficulty in joining at the junction section. According to the degree of difficulty in joining, the device sets a lane change completion location, a location to complete lane change from a first main lane where a joining vehicle joins to a second main lane adjacent to the first main lane. Additionally, according to the degree of difficulty in joining, the device sets a lane change restarting location, a location to restart lane change to return from the second main lane to the first main lane. For example, the first main lane is a traveling lane and the second main lane is a passing lane.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
FUJIKI NORIAKI
FUJITA SUSUMU
SUN TENG
AOKI MOTONOBU
FUJITA SUSUMU
SUN TENG
AOKI MOTONOBU
Application Number:
JP2014138658A
Publication Date:
February 01, 2016
Filing Date:
July 04, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR
International Classes:
G01C21/26; B60W30/14; B60W40/072; B60W40/076; B62D6/00; G08G1/16
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH11144197A | 1999-05-28 | |||
| JPH08263793A | 1996-10-11 | |||
| JP2009115717A | 2009-05-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tetsuya Mori
Suzuki Isobe
Hide Tanaka Tetsu
Toru Miyasaka
Suzuki Isobe
Hide Tanaka Tetsu
Toru Miyasaka