DRIVING ASSISTANT FOR VEHICLES

摘要

A driving assistant for vehicles provides lane change assistance, and includes a proposed lane change section setting unit and a lane change determination unit. The proposed lane change section setting unit provides setting of a proposed lane change section that is a proposed section where an own vehicle enters an adjacent lane, based on relative speeds and relative positions of the own vehicle to respective ones of a plurality of parallel-travelling vehicles on the adjacent lane. The lane change determination unit determines whether or not the own vehicle is allowed to enter the proposed lane change section, based on a moving speed of the proposed lane change section and a speed of the own vehicle.

主权项

1. A driving assistant for vehicles that determines whether or not an own vehicle is allowed to enter an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which the own vehicle is travelling, and provides lane change assistance, the driving assistant for vehicles comprising:
a proposed lane change section setting unit that provides setting of a proposed lane change section that is a proposed section where the own vehicle enters the adjacent lane, based on relative speeds and relative positions of the own vehicle to respective ones of a plurality of parallel-travelling vehicles on the adjacent lane; and a lane change determination unit that determines whether or not the own vehicle is allowed to enter the proposed lane change section, based on a moving speed of the proposed lane change section and a speed of the own vehicle.