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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yuki Fukaya, Toyota, JP;
Wataru Ike, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuki Nemoto, Susono, JP;
Yuta Takashina, Toyota, JP;
Yuzo Kaneshige, Toyota, JP;
Jun Tsuchida, Okazaki, JP;
Yumi Shimanaka, Kasugai, JP;
Masayasu Tanase, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes an electric control unit that performs a preceding vehicle trading control which makes an own vehicle trail a preceding vehicle as an adaptive cruise control, and performs a first brake control which automatically applies a first braking control to the own vehicle when a time-to-collision to a target object is less than a first threshold. In a case where a performing condition for the first brake control has been determined to be satisfied during a performance of the adaptive cruise control, the electric control unit continues performing the adaptive cruise control without performing the first brake control when a deceleration control by the adaptive cruise control is being performed, whereas stops performing the adaptive cruise control when the deceleration control by the adaptive cruise control is not being performed.