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

Claim 0:
1. A driving assistance method utilizing a map in a vehicle apparatus of a vehicle, the driving assistance method comprising:
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 detected vehicle(s), and computing relative speeds of the vehicle to the driving speed(s) of the detected vehicle(s) in the target lane when the other vehicle(s) is present in the target lane; and
when the driving speed of the vehicle is less than a first predefined value and when the relative speeds of the vehicle to the driving speed(s) of the detected vehicle(s) in the target lane is larger than a second predefined value, generating an instruction to confirm a 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.