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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hojung Jung, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiromitsu Urano, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0027 (2020.02); B60W 2554/402 (2020.02);
Abstract
A controller for a vehicle capable of autonomous driving. The controller executes detecting an emergency vehicle traveling around the vehicle based on surrounding environment information, and determining how to deal with the emergency vehicle in response to a detection of the emergency vehicle. In the determining how to deal with the emergency vehicle, the controller executes, at least, determining to cause the vehicle to take an avoidance action for the emergency vehicle, and determining to cause the vehicle to take a preliminary action for the avoidance action.