Patent ID: 6317692
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B62D,G01S

Abstract:
A safety running system for a vehicle comprising:a detection unit detecting an object existing in a direction in which a subject vehicle travels;a travelling locus estimation unit estimating a future travelling locus of the subject vehicle;a relative transverse deviation calculation unit calculating a relative transverse deviation between the subject vehicle and an oncoming vehicle based on the results of the detection by said object detection unit and said future travelling locus of the subject vehicle;a contact possibility judgment unit judging that there is a contact possibility of the subject vehicle with the oncoming vehicle when a state in which the relative transverse deviation calculated by said relative transverse deviation calculation unit is within a predetermined range continues for a predetermined time period or longer; anda contact avoidance unit performing contact avoidance steering when said contact possibility judgment unit judges that there is a contact possibility of the subject vehicle with the oncoming vehicle.