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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Soichi Yoshino, Ichikawa, JP;
Shota Fujii, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yu Okada, Ichikawa, JP;
Takuo Kaneko, Tokyo-to, JP;
Suzuka Kondo, Nishitokyo, JP;
Eiki Kitagawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A travel controller sets a check level depending on the situation of a lane change from a travel lane of a vehicle to a different lane before the lane change. The travel controller requests a first pre-lane-change action for the check at the lane change of the driver with a notification device when the check level is higher than a level threshold, and requests a second pre-lane-change action for the check at the lane change of the driver with the notification device when the check level is lower than the level threshold. The travel controller controls travel of the vehicle to make the lane change in the case that the driver has performed the first or second pre-lane-change action having been requested and that the situation around the vehicle satisfies a surrounding condition to be satisfied at the lane change.