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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Edogawa-ku Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect a lane line defining a lane being traveled by a vehicle, calculate a departure index indicating the possibility of the vehicle departing from the lane, based on the positional relationship between the lane line and the vehicle, determine whether a predetermined departure condition is satisfied, based on the departure index, execute departure prevention control of the vehicle to prevent the vehicle departing from the lane, when the departure condition is satisfied, and relax the predetermined departure condition and reduce the amount of control of the vehicle upon execution of the departure prevention control, depending on operation to prevent the vehicle departing from the lane performed by a driver of the vehicle before the departure condition is satisfied.