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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaya Watanabe, Miyoshi, JP;
Yoshinori Yamada, Nagakute, JP;
Chikashi Takeichi, Miyoshi, JP;
Satoshi Arikura, Niwa-gun, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance device for a vehicle, comprising: a detection unit that detects a vicinity condition of the vehicle and a running condition of the vehicle; a driving control unit that, on the basis of detection results from the detection unit, controls at least a portion of driving operations of the vehicle and controls autonomous driving that is capable of an overtaking maneuver to overtake a vehicle in front; an operation unit that implements an operation to change a specified speed during the autonomous driving; and a control unit that, after the operation to change the specified speed is implemented by the operation unit in a state during autonomous driving in which a vehicle in front is detected by the detection unit, controls the driving control unit so as to carry out the overtaking maneuver.