Patent ID: 7698032
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: B60T,B60W,B62D

Abstract:
1. An automotive lane deviation prevention (LDP) apparatus comprising: a road-surface irregularities detector configured to detect whether a host vehicle is in a state where the host vehicle is traveling on road-surface irregularities formed on or close to a lane marking line and arranged along the lane marking line; a picture image pick-up device configured to pick up a picture image in front of the host vehicle; a lane marker detector configured to detect a lane marking line of a driving lane of the host vehicle, based on the picture image picked up by the picture image pick-up device; an actuator configured to decelerate the host vehicle; and a control unit configured to be electronically connected to the road-surface irregularities detector, the lane marker detector, and the actuator for LDP control purposes; the control unit comprising: