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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Aotani, Kawasaki Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Eiki Kitagawa, Edogawa-ku Tokyo-to, JP;
Satoru Akahane, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to set location 1 on an adjacent lane to be used for determining that an own vehicle is to travel ahead of another vehicle and set location 2 on the adjacent lane for determining to create a space allowing the other vehicle to move ahead of the own vehicle, determine whether a relationship 1 is satisfied in which a location of the own vehicle is ahead of the other vehicle while the other vehicle moves to location 1, determine whether a relationship 2 is satisfied in which a location of the own vehicle is behind the other vehicle while the other vehicle moves to location 2, and decide to cause the own vehicle to travel ahead of the other vehicle when relationship 1 is satisfied or decide to create a space ahead of the own vehicle when relationship 2 is satisfied.