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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiromitsu Urano, Numazu, JP;
Kunihito Satou, Mishima, JP;
Kentaro Ichikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Taisuke Sugaiwa, Susono, JP;
Bunyo Okumura, Susono, JP;
Maiko Hirano, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control system includes an actuator and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) an adjacent vehicle has started; (ii) a first timing at which the preceding vehicle has started does not indicate a second timing at which a slipping-by vehicle has been lost; and (iii) a second preceding vehicle has started. The electronic control unit is configured to start the host vehicle by using the actuator when at least one of the conditions is satisfied.