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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Yu Maeda, Nisshin, JP;
Shunya Kumano, Nisshin, JP;
Masaya Okada, Nisshin, JP;
Takaharu Oguri, Kariya, JP;
Keiji Matsuoka, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for controlling travel of an own vehicle which is a vehicle carrying the apparatus, an information acquirer is configured to acquire information regarding a target around the own vehicle from a target detector. A controller is configured to, if determining, using the target information acquired by the information acquirer, that if travel of the own vehicle is continued in accordance with a collision avoidance trajectory determined to avoid a collision with an object located on a roadway ahead of the own vehicle, the own vehicle is likely to collide with the object or another object, change a setting of a driving state of the own vehicle so as to avoid or reduce a likelihood of the collision.