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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to execute stop control to stop a host vehicle in a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling or continuation control to continue entry of the host vehicle into a second lane merged with the first lane and to transfer driving control to a driver, upon interruption of merging control during execution of the merging control, interrupt the merging control and execute set control out of the stop control and the continuation control, when an interruption condition is satisfied during execution of the merging control, change the set control to the continuation control, depending on continuation operation performed by the driver during execution of the stop control, and change the set control to the stop control, depending on stop operation performed by the driver during execution of the continuation control.