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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takuro Kikuchi, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device capable of autonomously controlling the steering of a vehicle includes: a necessity determination unit that determines whether offset travel offset from a center of a traveling lane to a side opposite to an opposite lane side is necessary based on a state of an oncoming lane; an execution determination unit that determines whether an execution condition for executing offset travel is satisfied based on a road state on a side opposite to an oncoming lane side of the vehicle when offset travel is necessary; and a vehicle control unit that controls the vehicle. When it is determined that the execution condition is satisfied, the vehicle control unit causes the vehicle to travel by the offset travel, and when it is determined that the execution condition is not satisfied, the vehicle control unit performs at least one of restricting the autonomous driving function and notifying the occupant.