Japan, Feb. 27 -- PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO LTD has got intellectual property rights for 'LANE CHANGE SUPPORT DEVICE, LANE CHANGE SUPPORT METHOD AND PROGRAM.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2023-051374
Category (FI): G08G1/16@C
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lane change support device that enables a driver to intuitively determine whether a lane change is possible.SOLUTION: A lane change support device 8 comprises: a lane change necessity determining unit 46 that determines whether the own vehicle 4 is in a situation to change to an adjacent lane 40 on the basis of ambient environment information; a lane change possibility determining unit 48 that detects other vehicles 42, 44 traveling in the adjacent lane 40 on the basis of the ambient environment information and determines whether the own vehicle 4 is able to change into the adjacent lane 40; and a display control unit 50 that controls a display unit 6, on the basis of a determination result of the lane change possibility determining unit 48 so as to display an emphasis image 68a superimposed on the adjacent lane 40, the emphasis image indicating whether the own vehicle 4 is able to change into the adjacent lane 40 as viewed through a windshield 14 of the own vehicle 4 when the lane change possibility determining unit 46 determines that the situation requires the own vehicle 4 to lane change to the adjacent lane 40.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 (Grant)
Filing Date: March 28, 2023
Publication Date: Oct. 10, 2024
The original document can be viewed at: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100
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