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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Oyagi, Kyoto, JP;
Hirokazu Ito, Sunto-gun, JP;
Shinya Shiratori, Susono, JP;
Norimi Asahara, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
A control device includes: a control unit that controls a vehicle. Further, the control unit determines, when the vehicle travels in a section including a plurality of lanes, whether a negative emotion associated with a lane change is detected in a preceding vehicle on a same lane as the vehicle, and causes, in a case of determining that the negative emotion is detected, a notification device of the vehicle to give notification of instruction information giving an instruction for the lane change.