Title:
CONFLUENCE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND CONFLUENCE SUPPORT METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2019021120
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a confluence support device and a confluence support method capable of satisfactorily supporting a lane change of a vehicle traveling on a road.SOLUTION: A confluence support device is comprised of: an acquisition unit for acquiring a position and a speed of a confluent destination vehicle which is a vehicle heading to a confluence point on a confluent destination lane; and a calculation unit for calculating at least one of a target speed, a target position, and a target timing when a confluent source vehicle, which is such a vehicle in a lane of the confluent source, changes a lane, based on the position and the speed acquired by the acquisition unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
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Inventors:
OGAWA SHOHEI
Application Number:
JP2017140120A
Publication Date:
February 07, 2019
Filing Date:
July 19, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES
International Classes:
G08G1/16; G01S13/91; G08G1/09
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH1153685A | 1999-02-26 | |||
| JPH10105884A | 1998-04-24 | |||
| JPH10105895A | 1998-04-24 | |||
| JPH10320691A | 1998-12-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Corporation Wandee ip Partners