Patent ID: 9682708
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60W

Claim:
1. A driving support controller, comprising: a lane change opportunity determination module that determines whether there is an opportunity to change a traveling lane based on a predetermined condition in a self-driving activated state in which an acceleration, a deceleration, and a steering of a vehicle equipped with the driving support controller are automatically controlled, and performs a control to present a lane change proposal to an operator of the vehicle when the lane change opportunity determination module determines that a lane change is possible; an operator intention determination module that determines an operator's intention regarding the lane change proposal; and a lane change control module that controls the acceleration, the deceleration and the steering of the vehicle to perform an automatic lane change control in response to a determination of the operator intention determination module that the operator agrees to the lane change proposal, wherein, when the operator intention determination module determines that the operator's intention is in disagreement with the lane change proposal, the lane change opportunity determination module suspends the control to present the lane change proposal to the operator until a predetermined cancelling condition is met, and wherein, when the operator intention determination module determines that the operator's intention is in disagreement after the lane change control module starts the automatic lane change, the lane change control module determines, based on a progressing state of the lane change, whether to stop the automatic lane change control.