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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masakazu Nishijima, Ebina, JP;
Wataru Sasagawa, Susono, JP;
Kazuyuki Fujita, Gotemba, JP;
Minami Sato, Ebina, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A target vehicle recognition apparatus for recognizing a target vehicle as a target to be avoided by steering control of a host vehicle detects a stopped vehicle located in front of the host vehicle, determines whether the stopped vehicle is in a forward-facing state to the host vehicle or a rearward-facing state to the host vehicle, determines whether the stopped vehicle is in a right boundary line deviation state crossing a right boundary line of a travel lane of the host vehicle, a left boundary line deviation state crossing a left boundary line of the travel lane, and recognizes the target vehicle for steering control based on a captured image captured by a front camera of the host vehicle and each of the determination results.