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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device comprises a processor configured to set a reference lateral position, based on an intervehicular distance between the vehicle and another vehicle traveling on an adjacent lane, determine a target lateral position based on the reference lateral position and a current correction value for the reference lateral position, when the intervehicular distance falls below a predetermined reference distance, count a number of times that the lateral position of the vehicle in the traveling lane has been changed from the target lateral position, and calculate a new correction value based on a correction coefficient determined based on the number of changes and an amount of change in the lateral position of the vehicle that has changed from the target lateral position, wherein the next target lateral position is determined based on the reference lateral position and the new correction value.