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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Taiyo Uejima, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KATSHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle travel support system includes: an information acquisition device that uses a sensor to acquire surrounding situation information; and a vehicle travel control device that controls travel of a vehicle. When a lane change to an adjacent lane is necessary, the vehicle travel control device uses the surrounding situation information to determine whether or not there is a lane restriction item indicating that entry into the adjacent lane is restricted. When there is the lane restriction item, the vehicle travel control device sets a zone of the adjacent lane including a position of the lane restriction item and having a predetermined distance as a no-entry zone. The vehicle travel control device prohibits the lane change until the vehicle passes through a side of the no-entry zone and permits the lane change after the vehicle passes through the side of the no-entry zone.