Patent ID: 11912277
Assignee: MOBILE DRIVE NETHERLANDS B.V.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A vehicle apparatus applicable on a vehicle utilizing a map, the vehicle apparatus comprises a processor and a storage; the processor executes program codes stored in the storage to implement the following steps:
acquiring a real-time position of the vehicle and a driving speed of the vehicle;
determining an environment information surrounding the vehicle according to the real-time position of the vehicle and the map; the environment information comprising a driving lane, a target lane, a width of the driving lane, and a width of the target lane, wherein the target lane is adjacent to the driving lane;
detecting whether other vehicle(s) is present in the target lane;
computing driving speed(s) of the other vehicle(s) and relative speed of the vehicle relative to the driving speed(s) of the other vehicle(s) in the target lane while the other vehicle(s) is present in the target lane; and
generating an instruction when the driving speed of the vehicle is less than a first predefined value and the relative speed of the vehicle to the driving speed(s) of other vehicle(s) in the target lane is larger than a second predefined value for confirming one or more blind area existing in the target lane;
wherein a first comparison between the driving speed of the vehicle and the first predefined value is configured for recognizing a slowdown action of the other vehicle(s), a second comparison between the relative speed and the second predefined value is configured for recognizing an overtaking action of the vehicle.