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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2024
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle travel control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a camera and an automated driving processor. The camera captures a vehicle's course image. The automated driving processor executes a travel control of the vehicle under an automated driving control including a preceding vehicle following control, based on the image. When the traffic light at the intersection is changed from a lighting state indicating that the vehicle is allowed to pass after the vehicle has stopped at the intersection, the automated driving processor: determines whether the vehicle is allowable to start moving under the automated driving control, based on a projection amount of a vehicle's current position from a stop position of the intersection; and forcibly executes the preceding vehicle following control to restart the vehicle to allow the vehicle to escape from the intersection, when the projection amount is greater than or equal to a threshold.