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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masakatsu Onitsuka, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device has a control unit provided which executes driving support control including emergency stopping control for decelerating and stopping a vehicle when an abnormality occurs in a driver based on a first detection value indicating a state in a vehicle, and the control unit is configured to determine that a risk of contact between the vehicle and an object is equal to or higher than a predetermined level based on a second detection value indicating a state outside the vehicle in a state in which the emergency stopping control is not executed based on the predetermined condition, and to forcibly execute the emergency stopping control regardless of an operation state of the emergency stopping control when it is determined that an occupant of a vehicle other than the driver is performing an emergency operation related to driving of the vehicle based on the first detection value.