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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Nose, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoaki Miyazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuya Kumazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Miki Tsujino, Nagakute, JP;
Tsukasa Kitazawa, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes a processor which, when an operation member operable by an occupant of a vehicle has been operated, causes the vehicle to execute lane change assistance control, wherein the processor: executes first lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from a travel lane, which is a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, to an adjacent lane when a first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member; and executes second lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from the travel lane to a distant lane, which is a lane on the opposite side of the travel lane across the adjacent lane, when a second operation different from the first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member.