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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Minami Sato, Ebina, JP;
Kazuyuki Fujita, Gotemba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device is configured to include a steering control unit. The steering control unit is configured to perform a steering control such that a vehicle passes between a first obstacle of which a position in a lateral direction is closest to the vehicle, among one or multiple obstacles existing ahead of the vehicle on a left side of the traveling direction and a second obstacle of which a position in the lateral direction is closest to the vehicle, among one or multiple obstacles existing ahead of the vehicle on a right side of the traveling direction, and if there exists a third obstacle closer to the vehicle than the first obstacle and the second obstacle, inhibit the steering control to one side where the third obstacle exists either on the left side of the traveling direction or the right side of the traveling direction.