Traveling control apparatus for a vehicle
First Claim
1. A traveling control apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a generation section that generates traveling paths of vehicles from a history of positions of the vehicles present ahead of an own vehicle;
a first control section that defines one vehicle, which is included in the vehicles and runs in a driving lane of the own vehicle, as a target to be followed, and that makes a lateral position of the own vehicle follow a lateral position which is a position of the target to be followed in a width direction of the own vehicle;
a determination section that determines, when the first control section is performing follow-up control for the target to be followed, whether or not, in the driving lane of the own vehicle, one of the vehicles, which is different from the target to be followed, cuts in a space between the own vehicle and the target to be followed; and
a first selection section that selects, when the determination section determines that cutting in occurs, the current target to be followed or the cut-in vehicle as the target to be followed, based on a result of comparison between the lateral positions on the traveling paths respectively generated for the current target to be followed and the cut-in vehicle.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A traveling control apparatus includes a generation section generating traveling paths from a history of positions of vehicles present ahead of an own vehicle, a first control section defining one vehicle, which runs in a driving lane of the own vehicle, as a target, and making a lateral position of the own vehicle follow a lateral position which is a position of the target in a width direction of the own vehicle, a determination section determining, when follow-up control is performed, whether or not, in the driving lane, one of the vehicles cuts in a space between the own vehicle and the target, and a first selection section selecting, when cutting in is determined to occur, the current target or the cut-in vehicle as the target, based on a result of comparison between the lateral positions on the traveling paths respectively generated for the current target and the cut-in vehicle.
-
Citations
12 Claims
-
1. A traveling control apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
-
a generation section that generates traveling paths of vehicles from a history of positions of the vehicles present ahead of an own vehicle; a first control section that defines one vehicle, which is included in the vehicles and runs in a driving lane of the own vehicle, as a target to be followed, and that makes a lateral position of the own vehicle follow a lateral position which is a position of the target to be followed in a width direction of the own vehicle; a determination section that determines, when the first control section is performing follow-up control for the target to be followed, whether or not, in the driving lane of the own vehicle, one of the vehicles, which is different from the target to be followed, cuts in a space between the own vehicle and the target to be followed; and a first selection section that selects, when the determination section determines that cutting in occurs, the current target to be followed or the cut-in vehicle as the target to be followed, based on a result of comparison between the lateral positions on the traveling paths respectively generated for the current target to be followed and the cut-in vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A traveling control apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
-
a generation section that generates traveling paths of vehicles from a history of positions of the vehicles present ahead of an own vehicle; a first control section that defines one vehicle, which is included in the vehicles and runs in a driving lane of the own vehicle, as a target to be followed, and that makes a lateral position of the own vehicle follow a lateral position which is a position of the target to be followed in a width direction of the own vehicle; a determination section that determines, when the first control section is performing follow-up control, if a lateral distance between the lateral position of the own vehicle and the lateral position of a predicted path of the target to be followed, which is a prospective traveling path of the target to be followed predicted from the traveling path of the target to be followed, is larger than a first threshold value corresponding to a value that is half an assumed width of the driving lane, that the target to be followed departs from the driving lane of the own vehicle; and a first selection section that selects the target to be followed, and terminates selection of the current target as the target to be followed when the determination section determines that departure occurs. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
-
-
12. A method for controlling travel of a vehicle, the method comprising:
-
generating traveling paths of vehicles from a history of positions of the vehicles present ahead of an own vehicle; defining one vehicle, which is included in the vehicles and runs in a driving lane of the own vehicle, as a target to be followed, and that makes a lateral position of the own vehicle follow a lateral position which is a position of the target to be followed in a width direction of the own vehicle; determining, when performing follow-up control for the target to be followed, whether or not, in the driving lane of the own vehicle, one of the vehicles, which is different from the target to be followed, cuts in a space between the own vehicle and the target to be followed; and selecting, when determining that cutting in occurs, the current target to be followed or the cut-in vehicle as the target to be followed, based on a result of comparison between the lateral positions on the traveling paths respectively generated for the current target to be followed and the cut-in vehicle.
-
Specification