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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2018
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoichi Iihoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Terui, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Komoriya, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuki Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuto Imanishi, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of reducing unease experienced by a driver and assisting a lane change of a vehicle. A vehicle control deviceassists a lane change of a vehicle, said device comprising: a visible range calculation unitthat calculates an area as a visible range by excluding the area occupied by preceding vehiclesfrom the area corresponding to the field of vision whilst driving; and a lane-change control unitthat conducts processing related to the lane change, on the basis of the calculated visible range. The lane-change control unitconducts processing related to the lane change on the basis of the visible range of the current-travel lane of the vehicle, and the visible range of the intended change-destination lane of the vehicle.