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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2025
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Takuro Kikuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/095 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/095 (2013.01);
Abstract
The processor of ECU includes: a traffic light determination unit that determines whether or not a traffic light in front of the vehicle indicates that the vehicle can pass; an other-vehicle behavior determination unit that determines the behavior of the other vehicle existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and a passableness determination unit that, when it is determined that the traffic light indicates that the vehicle can pass, determines whether or not the traffic light can pass by the vehicle based on the behavior of the other vehicle existing in the vicinity of the vehicle.