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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Junji Yano, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Haga, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle device includes: a first determination unit that determines whether a vehicle has crossed a right-side boundary of a traveling lane; a second determination unit that determines whether the vehicle has crossed a left-side boundary of the traveling lane; an operation determination unit that determines whether a drive operation performed on the vehicle by a driver satisfies a predetermined condition; a deviation determination unit that determines that the vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane; and a count unit that counts the number of times determination has been made that the vehicle has crossed-the right-side boundary of the traveling lane and that the vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane, and the number of times determination has been made that the vehicle has crossed the left-side boundary of the traveling lane and that the vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane.