US 12,103,568 B2
Vehicle driving support system, server apparatus for the vehicle driving support system, and vehicle for the vehicle driving support system
Masato Mizoguchi, Tokyo (JP); Hajime Oyama, Tokyo (JP); and Ryosuke Namba, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,559.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-218967 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204047 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0059 (2020.02) [B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
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1. A vehicle driving support system for supporting driving of a vehicle that travels on a road, the vehicle driving support system comprising:
a notifier configured to, in response to a request from a first vehicle that attempts to move between lanes, provide notification of presence of the first vehicle to a second vehicle travelling in a target lane into which the first vehicle is to move; and
an acquirer configured to acquire a size of a merging space that is to be provided by the second vehicle for merging of the first vehicle, wherein;
the acquirer is configured to, in a case where the first vehicle is travelling under autonomous operation or assisted operation, acquire the size of the merging space such that the size of the merging space is longer than when acquired in a case where the first vehicle is travelling under manual operation, and
the notifier is configured to provide the notification to the second vehicle travelling in the target lane in one or both of two cases, the two cases comprising:
a first case in which the first vehicle is to move from a lane of a merging road to a lane of a main road; and
a second case in which the first vehicle is to move to an adjacent lane of a road on which the first vehicle is currently travelling.