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Vehicle Driving Assistance Apparatus

  • US 20100246889A1
  • Filed: 01/04/2010
  • Published: 09/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle driving assistance apparatus comprising:

  • an image capturing system which is installed in a vehicle and captures a road on which the vehicle travels;

    a white line type recognition section which recognizes a type of a white line that defines a current traffic lane on which the vehicle is travelling, on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing system;

    a white line type storage section which stores the white line type recognized by the white line type recognition section;

    a white line type estimation section which estimates the type of the white line defining the current traffic lane from white line types stored in the white line type storage section when the white line type cannot be recognized by the white line type recognition section; and

    a vehicle control system which executes a vehicle control on the basis of the white line type estimated by the white line type estimation section.

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