IP Library Granted Patent US 11,618,475
Granted Patent B2
US 11,618,475 · App. 17/256,269 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Driving support method and driving support device

Inventors: Machiko Hiramatsu (Kanagawa, JP); Tomohiro Yamamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.; Renault S.A.S.
B60W60/0016B60W30/18159B60W40/04B60W40/06B60W60/0027G06V20/584B60W2554/4041B60W2554/4049B60W2554/80
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Patent No.
US 11,618,475
App. No.
17/256,269
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving support method supports driving of a host-vehicle in a traveling scene in which a host-vehicle track on which the host-vehicle travels and a first other vehicle track on which a first other vehicle travels intersect with each other at an intersecting point. Whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point is determined based on a shielding time during which a second other vehicle shields the first other vehicle track to the intersecting point and a required entry time from when the host-vehicle starts entering the intersecting point to when the host-vehicle finishes entering the intersecting point.

Claims (26)

1. A driving support method for supporting driving of a host-vehicle in a traveling scene in which a host-vehicle track that is a track on which the host-vehicle travels and a first other vehicle track that is a track on which a first other vehicle travels intersect with each other at an intersecting point and a second other vehicle that is different from the first other vehicle arrives at a point faster than the first other vehicle, the point being a point on the first other vehicle track until the first other vehicle arrives at the intersecting point and being a point at which the first other vehicle track and a second other vehicle track that is a track on which the second other vehicle travels intersect with each other, the driving support method comprising:

determining whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point based on a shielding time that is a time during which the second other vehicle shields the first other vehicle track to the intersecting point and a required entry time that is a time from when the host-vehicle starts entering the intersecting point to when the host-vehicle finishes entering the intersecting point; and

based on a determination of whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point, controlling, by a controller, at least one system of the host-vehicle.

2. The driving support method according to claim 1 comprising:

determining that the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point in a case where the shielding time is longer than the required entry time.

3. The driving support method according to claim 1 , comprising:

predicting an arrival time that is a time until the first other vehicle arrives at the intersecting point based on the shielding time; and

determining that the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point in a case where a total time obtained by adding a predetermined margin time to the arrival time is longer than the required entry time.

4. The driving support method according to claim 1 , comprising:

predicting the shielding time by using a vehicle body length of the second other vehicle in a traveling direction, a lane width of a lane on which the first other vehicle travels, and a lane width of a lane on which the second other vehicle travels.

5. The driving support method according to claim 1 , comprising:

predicting the shielding time based on an obstacle that obstructs a course of the second other vehicle.

6. The driving support method according to claim 1 , comprising:

determining that the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point after the second other vehicle starts shielding the first other vehicle track.

7. The driving support method according to claim 6 , wherein

the host-vehicle starts travelling when the second other vehicle starts shielding the first other vehicle track and when it is determined that the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point.

8. The driving support method according to claim 1 , wherein

a priority order of the first other vehicle that enters the intersecting point is higher than a priority order of the host-vehicle that enters the intersecting point.

9. The driving support method according to claim 1 , wherein

the second other vehicle track is spaced apart from the host-vehicle track.

10. The driving support method according to claim 9 , wherein

in a case where a distance between the second other vehicle track and the host-vehicle track is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the host-vehicle track is corrected so that the distance becomes longer than the predetermined value.

11. The driving support method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one system of the host vehicle is an actuator or a notification device.

12. A driving support device that supports driving of a host-vehicle in a traveling scene in which a host-vehicle track that is a track on which the host-vehicle travels and a first other vehicle track that is a track on which a first other vehicle travels intersect with each other at an intersecting point and a second other vehicle that is different from the first other vehicle arrives at a point faster than the first other vehicle, the point being a point on the first other vehicle track until the first other vehicle arrives at the intersecting point and being a point at which the first other vehicle track and a second other vehicle track that is a track on which the second other vehicle travels intersect with each other,

wherein whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point is determined based on a shielding time that is a time during which the second other vehicle shields the first other vehicle track to the intersecting point and a required entry time that is a time from when the host-vehicle starts entering the intersecting point to when the host-vehicle finishes entering the intersecting point, and

wherein the host-vehicle is controlled by a controller based on a determination of whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2020
From: HIRAMATSU, MACHIKO; YAMAMURA, TOMOHIRO
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.; RENAULT S.A.S.
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