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Lane change assist system

  • US 20050256630A1
  • Filed: 05/10/2005
  • Published: 11/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lane change assist system comprising:

  • a host vehicle state detecting device that detects a traveling condition of a host vehicle;

    a surrounding vehicle detecting device that detects other vehicle located around the host vehicle;

    a lane detecting device that detects a lane around the host vehicle; and

    a processing unit arranged to set a target lane to which the host vehicle change a traveling lane from the detected lane, to determine a start and an ending of a lane change assist, to set a predicted period for an evaluation of a lane change to the target lane, on the basis of a prediction, to obtain an appropriate speed range in which the host vehicle is capable of executing the lane change during the predicted period for each of gaps between other vehicles traveling on the target lane, and to select a target vehicle speed of the host vehicle from the appropriate speed range.

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