A lane-keeping system for an automated vehicle includes a lane-detector, an object-detector, and a controller. The lane-detector indicates which lane of a roadway is occupied by a host-vehicle. The object-detector detects objects proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the lane-detector and the object-detector. The controller is configured to operate the host-vehicle to follow a first-lane using the lane-detector when no object is detected by the object-detector in the first-lane that warrants a lane-change and no lane-change from the first-lane is initiated by an operator of the host-vehicle, and allow a lane-change to a second-lane when initiated by the operator. The controller is also configured to initiate a lane-change to the first-lane from the second-lane after a first-time-interval after the lane-change to the second-lane that was initiated by the operator when the first-lane is available for unimpeded travel by the host-vehicle for greater than a second-time-interval.
AUTOMATED VEHICLE LANE-KEEPING SYSTEM
2018-12-20
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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