Vehicle driving control apparatus and vehicle driving control method
First Claim
1. A vehicle driving control apparatus comprising:
- an obstacle detecting device configured to detect an existence of an obstacle positioned laterally of a host vehicle in which the vehicle control apparatus is employed;
a future position estimating device configured to estimate a future position of the host vehicle after a prescribed amount of time;
an obstacle avoidance control device configured to execute an obstacle avoidance control with respect to the host vehicle when the existence of an obstacle is detected by the obstacle detecting device such that the obstacle avoidance control device controls the host vehicle based on the estimated future position to prevent the host vehicle from laterally approaching the obstacle whose existence was detected; and
a lane change intent detecting device configured to detect an intent of a driver to effect a lane change and a direction of the intended lane change,the obstacle avoidance control device further including a control suppressing portion that suppresses the obstacle avoidance control when the lane change intent detecting device detects that the direction of the intended lane change is the direction of an adjacent lane located on an opposite side of the host vehicle as the side on which the detected obstacle exists.
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Abstract
A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided with an obstacle detecting device, a future position estimating device, an obstacle avoidance control device, and a lane change intent detecting device. The obstacle detecting device detects an existence of an obstacle positioned laterally of a host vehicle. The future position estimating device estimates a future position of the host vehicle after a prescribed amount of time. The obstacle avoidance control device executes an obstacle avoidance control. The lane change intent detecting device detects an intent of a driver to effect a lane change and a direction of the intended lane change. Therefore, when it is detected that the driver intends to move to an adjacent lane located on the opposite side of the vehicle as the side containing the obstacle, a control suppressing portion of the obstacle avoidance control device suppresses the obstacle avoidance control.
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11 Claims
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1. A vehicle driving control apparatus comprising:
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an obstacle detecting device configured to detect an existence of an obstacle positioned laterally of a host vehicle in which the vehicle control apparatus is employed; a future position estimating device configured to estimate a future position of the host vehicle after a prescribed amount of time; an obstacle avoidance control device configured to execute an obstacle avoidance control with respect to the host vehicle when the existence of an obstacle is detected by the obstacle detecting device such that the obstacle avoidance control device controls the host vehicle based on the estimated future position to prevent the host vehicle from laterally approaching the obstacle whose existence was detected; and a lane change intent detecting device configured to detect an intent of a driver to effect a lane change and a direction of the intended lane change, the obstacle avoidance control device further including a control suppressing portion that suppresses the obstacle avoidance control when the lane change intent detecting device detects that the direction of the intended lane change is the direction of an adjacent lane located on an opposite side of the host vehicle as the side on which the detected obstacle exists. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle driving control method performed by vehicle driving control apparatus, the vehicle driving control method comprising:
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detecting if an obstacle exists laterally of a host vehicle by using an obstacle detecting device of the vehicle driving control apparatus, which is installed on the host vehicle, predicting a future position at which the host vehicle will exist after a prescribed amount of time by using the vehicle driving control apparatus; controlling the host vehicle using the vehicle driving control apparatus based on the predicted future position in order to avoid laterally approaching the detected obstacle; detecting if a driver of the host vehicle intends to change lanes to an adjacent lane located on an opposite side of the host vehicle as the side on which the detected obstacle exists by using a the vehicle driving control apparatus; and suppressing the controlling of the host vehicle by the vehicle driving control apparatus upon the vehicle driving control apparatus determining that the host vehicle has been operated in a manner that indicates the driver intends to change lanes to the adjacent lane located on the opposite side of the host vehicle as the side on which the detected obstacle exists.
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