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LANE CHANGE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LANE CHANGES

  • US 20170015354A1
  • Filed: 05/31/2016
  • Published: 01/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lane change control arrangement for controlling lane changes for a host vehicle when the host vehicle drives in a first road lane of a road having two or more lanes, wherein the host vehicle includes at least one remote sensor arranged to determine whether a vehicle is present in a detectable zone of a second road lane adjacent to the first road lane, and a vehicle drive arrangement arranged to control at least one of steering and velocity of the host vehicle, the lane change control arrangement operable to:

  • adjust, via the vehicle drive arrangement, the host vehicle velocity in accordance with a first velocity profile to expand the detectable zone to cover a previously undetectable zone of the second road lane;

    detect, via the at least one sensor, whether a vehicle is present in the previously undetectable zone;

    determine that a lane changeis possible using the second road lane upon having detected that no vehicle is present in the previously undetectable zone, oris unsuitable using the second road lane upon having detected that a vehicle is present in the previously undetectable zone and issue a control signal to the vehicle drive arrangement to adjust the host vehicle velocity in accordance with a second velocity profile until a safety distance is established between the host vehicle and the detected vehicle; and

    issue a control signal to the vehicle drive arrangement to perform the lane change.

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