To provide a vehicle merge supporting device that causes a driver driving his/her vehicle on a branch lane who does not know that the main lane is having a heavy traffic to feel less strange about the operation for vehicle speed not being supported so that the vehicle will run as fast as the driver expects when the driver is merging the vehicle into the main lane.SOLUTION: The vehicle merge supporting device 1 includes: a target vehicle speed setting unit 43 for setting a target speed Vm when an own vehicle Kg is merging into a main lane; and a vehicle speed control supporting unit 46 for supporting the vehicle speed operation of the driver of the own vehicle Kg so that the vehicle speed of the own vehicle Kg will reach the target vehicle speed Vm when the own vehicle Kg is running on the branch lane, the vehicle speed control supporting unit 46 supporting the vehicle speed operation of the driver so that the own vehicle Kg will run at a provisional target speed Vz beyond the target vehicle speed Vm and thereafter will run at the vehicle speed Vm when the target vehicle speed Vm is lower than a predetermined vehicle speed Vs.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
【課題】支線走行中の自車両の運転者が本線の渋滞を知らない場合に、自車両の本線合流時に、運転者の感覚通りに自車両の車速が上昇するように車速操作の支援が行われないことに対する違和感を抑制することができる車両用合流支援装置を提供する。【解決手段】この車両用合流支援装置1は、自車両Kgの本線合流時の目標車速Vmを設定する目標車速設定部43と、自車両Kgの支線走行中に、自車両Kgの車速が目標車速Vmに到達するように自車両Kgの運転者の車速操作を支援する車速制御支援部46とを備え、車速制御支援部46は、目標車速Vmが所定車速Vsよりも低い場合、自車両Kgの車速が目標車速Vmを超えて暫定目標車速Vzまで上昇した後に目標車速Vmに到達するように運転者の車速操作を支援する。【選択図】図4
VEHICLE MERGE SUPPORTING DEVICE
車両用合流支援装置
2018-12-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
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