An overtaking assistant system includes a speed detector that detects a speed of a host vehicle, a preceding vehicle detector capable of relative distances and relative speeds of a first vehicle traveling along a slow lane before the host vehicle and a second vehicle traveling along a passing lane before the host vehicle with respect to the host vehicle while the host vehicle travels along the slow lane, a first speed comparison unit that compares speeds between the first and second vehicles, an overtaking decision making unit that determines that the host vehicle is allowed to overtake the first vehicle when the speed of the host vehicle is higher than the first vehicle, and the speed of the second vehicle is higher than the speed of the first vehicle, and a notification unit that notifies a driver of the host vehicle that the host vehicle is allowed to overtake the first vehicle when the overtaking decision making unit determines that the host vehicle is allowed to overtake the first vehicle.
OVERTAKING ASSIST SYSTEM
ÜBERHOLUNGSUNTERSTÜTZUNGSSYSTEM
SYSTÈME D'ASSISTANCE AU DÉPASSEMENT
2019-03-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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