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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 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 installed at a vehicle configured to perform driving assistance, the vehicle control device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: in cases in which there is a need to change lanes at or before a specific limit point on a route to a destination, acquire traffic information for a travel route from a current position to the limit point; compute an easiness level of lane change by driving assistance in a plurality of segments on the travel route based on the acquired traffic information; extract any segments for which the easiness level computed is a reference level or higher as viable lane change segments; and in cases in which at least one of the viable lane change segments has been extracted, execute a lane change in any one of the at least one viable lane change segments that have been extracted.