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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takeshi Matsumura, Toyota, JP;
Eiki Kitagawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yu Okada, Ichikawa, JP;
Shota Fujii, Tokyo-to, JP;
Naoki Nishimura, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yuki Mori, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takamitsu Toyoura, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device comprises a processor configured to determine a target merge location where the vehicle is to make a lane change from a merging lane to a main lane, in a merge zone on a scheduled route where the merging lane merges with the main lane, as a location that is before the location at the minimum distance to the end point of the merging lane allowing the driver to whom control of the vehicle has been handed over to operate the vehicle for the lane change, and when the vehicle has not completed the lane change upon reaching the target merge location, give the driver a first notification notifying that control of the vehicle will be switched from automatic control to manual control, by using a notifying unit that notifies the driver of information, or by using a vehicle controlling device that controls operation of the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation of the vehicle.