Driving control apparatus mounted on vehicle to avoid collision with preceding vehicle
First Claim
1. A driving control apparatus mounted on a present vehicle used for tracking drive operation wherein the present vehicle is driven so as to track a preceding vehicle existing ahead of the present vehicle, the driving control apparatus comprising:
- a control unit for controlling the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate;
a vehicle detecting unit for detecting the preceding vehicle;
a region detecting unit for detecting a lateral region existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a present lane where the present vehicle exists, the lateral region being laterally adjacent to the present vehicle; and
a region determining unit for determining whether or not the lateral region is an avoidance region that has a predetermined area, whereinthe control unit performs an avoidance standby operation that allows the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate so as to maintain a relative position between the present vehicle and the avoidance region when the vehicle detecting unit detects the preceding vehicle existing on the present lane and when the region determining unit determines that the lateral region detected by the region detecting unit is the avoidance region, and the control unit controls the present vehicle to decelerate when the region determining unit determines no avoidance region is secured.
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Abstract
A driving control apparatus mounted on a present vehicle used for tracking a preceding vehicle includes: control module for controlling the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate; vehicle detecting module for detecting the preceding vehicle; region detecting module for detecting a lateral region existing on an adjacent lane being adjacent to a present lane where the present vehicle exists, the lateral region being laterally to the present vehicle; and region determining module for determining whether or not the lateral region is an avoidance region that has a predetermined area.
The control module performs an avoidance standby operation that allows the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate based on a result of determining by the region determining module, when the vehicle detecting module detects the preceding vehicle existing on the present lane.
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7 Claims
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1. A driving control apparatus mounted on a present vehicle used for tracking drive operation wherein the present vehicle is driven so as to track a preceding vehicle existing ahead of the present vehicle, the driving control apparatus comprising:
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a control unit for controlling the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate; a vehicle detecting unit for detecting the preceding vehicle; a region detecting unit for detecting a lateral region existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a present lane where the present vehicle exists, the lateral region being laterally adjacent to the present vehicle; and a region determining unit for determining whether or not the lateral region is an avoidance region that has a predetermined area, wherein the control unit performs an avoidance standby operation that allows the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate so as to maintain a relative position between the present vehicle and the avoidance region when the vehicle detecting unit detects the preceding vehicle existing on the present lane and when the region determining unit determines that the lateral region detected by the region detecting unit is the avoidance region, and the control unit controls the present vehicle to decelerate when the region determining unit determines no avoidance region is secured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A driving control apparatus mounted on a present vehicle used for tracking drive operation wherein the present vehicle is driven so as to track a preceding vehicle existing ahead of the present vehicle, the driving control apparatus comprising:
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a control unit for controlling the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate; a vehicle detecting unit for detecting the preceding vehicle; a region detecting unit for detecting a lateral region existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a present lane where the present vehicle exists, the lateral region being laterally adjacent to the present vehicle; and a region determining unit for determining whether or not the lateral region is an avoidance region that has a predetermined area, wherein the control unit performs an avoidance standby operation that allows the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate based on a result of determining by the region determining unit, when the vehicle detecting unit detects the preceding vehicle existing on the present lane, and the control unit prioritizes a control in which the present vehicle runs at a position to maintain a safe inter-vehicle distance that is capable of preventing the present vehicle colliding with the preceding vehicle when a relative traveling speed between the present vehicle and the preceding vehicle running on the adjacent lane is larger than a predetermined relative traveling speed.
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6. A driving control apparatus mounted on a present vehicle used for tracking drive operation wherein the present vehicle is driven so as to track a preceding vehicle existing ahead of the present vehicle, the driving control apparatus comprising:
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a control unit for controlling the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate; a vehicle detecting unit for detecting the preceding vehicle; a region detecting unit for detecting a lateral region existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a present lane where the present vehicle exists, the lateral region being laterally adjacent to the present vehicle; and a region determining unit for determining whether or not the lateral region is an avoidance region that has a predetermined area, wherein the control unit performs an avoidance standby operation that allows the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate based on a result of determining by the region determining unit, when the vehicle detecting unit detects the preceding vehicle existing on the present lane, and the region determining unit determines whether or not only a region present in a traffic lane where an average traveling speed of running vehicles is slower than that of the present lane among adjacent lanes being adjacent to both sides of the present lane, is the avoidance region.
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7. A driving control apparatus mounted on a present vehicle used for tracking drive operation wherein the present vehicle is driven so as to track a preceding vehicle existing ahead of the present vehicle, the driving control apparatus comprising:
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a control unit for controlling the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate; a vehicle detecting unit for detecting the preceding vehicle; a region detecting unit for detecting a lateral region existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a present lane where the present vehicle exists, the lateral region being laterally adjacent to the present vehicle; a region determining unit for determining whether or not the lateral region is an avoidance region that has a predetermined area; and a history data storing unit for storing history data concerning the avoidance region; wherein the control unit performs an avoidance standby operation that allows the present vehicle to accelerate or decelerate based on a result of determining by the region determining unit, when the vehicle detecting unit detects the preceding vehicle existing on the present lane, and the control unit searches the avoidance region being present within a range where the present vehicle is capable of moving, based on the history data of the avoidance region and controls a traveling speed of the present vehicle, when the region determining unit determines no avoidance region is secured.
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