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TRAVEL ASSIST APPARATUS AND TRAVEL ASSIST METHOD

  • US 20130321172A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2011
  • Published: 12/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A travel assist apparatus that performs assist of warning or support so that departure of a vehicle from a traveling lane is avoided, the traveling lane being set on the basis of a non-travelable area or a road marking to indicate a lane boundary, wherein:

  • a timing at which the assist is to be performed is changed depending on a lane entering angle of an oncoming vehicle with respect to the traveling lane, the timing at which the assist is to be performed is changed by changing a boundary position of the traveling lane, and the timing at which the assist is to be performed is advanced by setting the boundary position of the traveling lane nearer to a side of a subject vehicle as the lane entering angle of the oncoming vehicle with respect to the traveling lane and a departure angle of the subject vehicle with respect to the traveling lane increase.

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