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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Taiyo Uejima, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60K 28/06 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lane change support apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to, when it is recognized that there is an abnormality in a driver of a host vehicle, determine whether or not lane change is possible. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the lane change is possible when a vehicle speed of the host vehicle is lower than a predetermined upper limit speed, a following vehicle present closest to the host vehicle has stayed in a rear guard vehicle approval range for a predetermined time or longer, and a vehicle is not present in a lane change allowance gap.