Patent ID: 11884276
Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. The travel assistance method according to claim 1, further comprising:
determining a crossing region having a region length according to a speed of the oncoming vehicle and the time difference in a front-rear direction of an advancing route of the oncoming vehicle with respect to the crossing point;
determining whether the oncoming vehicle is within the crossing region after the first predicted time;
executing a lane change using the determined route and the vehicle speed when the oncoming vehicle is outside the crossing region after the first predicted time; and
when the oncoming vehicle is within the crossing region after the first predicted time, executing a lane change by changing at least one of the determined route or the vehicle speed such that the oncoming vehicle is outside the crossing region after the first predicted time.