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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract
A travel controller detects, from an image representing the face of a driver of a vehicle, an act of the driver checking surroundings of the vehicle, records a time at which the act of checking is detected, and suggests to the driver a lane change for the vehicle to change a travel lane to an adjoining lane. In the case that the act of checking is detected in a precheck period before a suggestion time at which the lane change is suggested, the travel controller makes the vehicle execute the lane change regardless of whether the act of checking is detected in a post-suggestion check period after the suggestion time of the lane change.