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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hino Motors, Ltd., Hino, JP;
Syuuichi Yonemura, Kariya, JP;
Masayoshi Takeda, Kariya, JP;
Hirokazu Okuyama, Hino, JP;
Hirofumi Yasui, Hino, JP;
Naoshi Ichinose, Hino, JP;
Nobuhiko Kojima, Hino, JP;
Tomonari Yamakawa, Hoi-gun, JP;
Sadahiro Kawahara, Kashihara, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
HINO MOTORS, LTD., Hino, JP;
Abstract
A travel assistance device configured to execute travel assistance when a plurality of vehicles form a vehicle group and travel in a line. The travel assistance device includes: a first control unit configured to, if there is lane-change instruction for the vehicle group, cause an end-of-line vehicle to change lanes, such vehicle being the vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles forming the vehicle group that is positioned at the end of the line; and a second control unit configured to, following the lane change of the end-of-line vehicle, allow a lane change for at least one vehicle that is other than the end-of-line vehicle and that is one of the vehicles forming the vehicle group.