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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiki Nakatsuru, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshihiro Aotani, Kawasaki, JP;
Eiki Kitagawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Satoru Akahane, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to detect an other vehicle in a detection modein a visual field boundary zone, detect the other vehicle in a detection modewith higher precision in a zone other than the visual field boundary zone, and, when a merging terrain exists and the other vehicle has been detected in the visual field boundary zone, generate a plan to control the speed of the own vehicle in a first deceleration modeuntil the other vehicle is detected in a zone other than the visual field boundary zone, or when the merging terrain exists and the other vehicle has been detected in a zone other than the visual field boundary zone, generate a plan to carry out space creation processing, whereby a space allowing the other vehicle to move from the adjacent lane is created.