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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Masamichi Ohsugi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/18159 (2020.02); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 2520/06 (2013.01); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
A traveling control device determines whether a travel direction of an own lane in which a host vehicle is traveling and the travel direction of an adjoining lane adjoining the own lane are the same, determines whether structure of a road on which the host vehicle is traveling changes, and restricts movement of the host vehicle from the own lane to the adjoining lane when it is determined that the structure of the road on which the host vehicle is traveling changes after it is determined that the travel direction of the own lane and the travel direction of the adjoining lane are the same.