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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Kozono, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/235 (2024.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60K 35/235 (2024.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1434 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1468 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1868 (2024.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02);
Abstract
When the vehicle executes adaptive cruise control in a state in which the inter-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle is set to a set distance selected from a plurality of reference distances whose magnitude changes in units of the first change amount, setting a proposal unit capable of proposing to a vehicle occupant that the interval be changed by a second change amount smaller than the first change amount; and an input capable of executing an input operation capable of changing the set interval only by the second change amount.