Patent ID: 9218739
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting a driver of a host vehicle comprising: using a vehicle navigation system to determine a locality in which the host vehicle is operating, and that the host vehicle is approaching a stop-signed intersection on a first road segment; determining that a first vehicle and a second vehicle are approaching the intersection on two different road segments; determining respective stopping times at which the first and second vehicles have stopped at the intersection; determining respective proceed times at which the first and second vehicles proceed through the intersection; using a drivers' assistance module, the module capable of identifying both a clockwise order-of-progression and a counter-clockwise order-of-progression based upon analysis of the respective stopping times and proceed times of the first and second vehicles, to identify an actual order-of-progression of the first and second vehicles through the intersection as being either clockwise or counter-clockwise; consulting an on-board database to attempt to identify a regulatory right-of-way rule applicable to the locality for vehicles passing through the intersection, the regulatory right-of-way rule capable of dictating both a clockwise and a counter-clockwise order-of-progression; if the attempt to identify the regulatory right-of-way rule is successful, advising the driver whether the regulatory right-of-way rule indicates the host vehicle has right-of-way to proceed through the intersection; and if the attempt to identify the regulatory right-of-way rule is not successful, advising the driver whether the actual order-of-progression indicates the host vehicle has right-of-way to proceed through the intersection.