Patent ID: 9715830
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B60W,B62D,G06K,G08G

Claim:
1. An apparatus for assisting in a lane change, comprising: a camera mounted on a driving vehicle and configured to photograph a common line shared by a first neighboring lane and a second neighboring lane at a lateral side of the driving vehicle while the driving vehicle moves on a driving lane, the first neighboring lane being positioned between the driving lane and the second neighboring lane; and circuitry mounted on the driving vehicle and configured to: collect driving information about the driving vehicle, generate a driving image including a part of the first neighboring lane and the common line photographed by the camera, detect the common line shared by the first neighboring lane and the second neighboring lane in the driving image, determine whether the driving vehicle attempts to change a lane on which the driving vehicle moves from the driving lane to the first neighboring lane based on the driving information, determine whether a neighboring vehicle moving on the second neighboring lane is changing a lane on which the neighboring vehicle moves from the second neighboring lane to the first neighboring lane, by analyzing the common line in the driving image, and determine whether it is dangerous for the driving vehicle to change the lane on which the driving vehicle moves from the driving lane to the first neighboring lane based on a determination whether the neighboring vehicle is changing the lane on which the neighboring vehicle moves from the second neighboring lane to the first neighboring lane, and generate a danger notifying signal when it is determined that it is dangerous for the driving vehicle to change the lane on which the driving vehicle moves from the driving lane to the first neighboring lane.