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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuichi Kumai, Numazu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus executes a lane change control of providing a driver of an own vehicle with a proposal of changing lanes and automatically changes lanes when the driver approves of the proposal. When the driver performs an acceleration operation when the vehicle control apparatus provides the driver with a proposal of changing lanes to move the own vehicle to a next lane for overtaking a preceding vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus determines that the driver approves of the proposal. When the driver performs a deceleration operation when the vehicle control apparatus provides the driver with a proposal of changing lanes to return the own vehicle to an original lane after the own vehicle moves to the next lane and overtakes the preceding vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus determines that the driver approves of the proposal.