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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventor:

Kentaro Takahashi, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B62D 15/0255 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

A lane change support device includes a control unit configured to execute lane change control for enabling a vehicle to automatically change lanes from a lane in which the vehicle is traveling to an adjacent lane. The control unit counts a holding time for which an operation part that is operated to a predetermined operation position to start the lane change control is continuously held at the operation position, starts the lane change control when the counted holding time reaches a predetermined threshold time, and calculates a proficiency level of a driver of the vehicle for an operation of the lane change support device during execution of the lane change control and sets the threshold time to be used for a successive lane change control based on the proficiency level.


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