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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ryuta Hashimoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takahiro Seta, Yokohama, JP;
Kota Harada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Soichi Yoshino, Ichikawa, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether an automatic control prohibited region is included on a traveling lane, set a control transfer region on the traveling lane before the automatic control prohibited region, determine whether a vehicle passage region on a traveling lane through which the vehicle is scheduled to pass when the vehicle moves between lanes includes at least part of the control transfer region, and newly set the automatic control prohibited region to include the vehicle passage region, wherein the control transfer region is newly set by shortening a length of the control transfer region so that the control transfer region is not included in the vehicle passage region, when the vehicle passage region includes at least part of the control transfer region and the control transfer region satisfies a predetermined condition.