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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Kume, Kariya-city, JP;
Kazuki Izumi, Kariya-city, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-city, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00274 (2020.02); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/0055 (2020.02); B60W 2040/0827 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2754/20 (2020.02);
Abstract
A technique for a vehicle configured to execute automated driving without monitoring obligation is described. A traveling environment of the vehicle is specified. Parallel-traveling avoiding control is executed based on the traveling environment specified by the traveling environment specifying unit during the automated driving without monitoring obligation. The parallel-traveling avoiding control is travel control of the vehicle to avoid a parallel traveling state in which the vehicle and an adjacent vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane adjacent to a traveling lane of the vehicle travel in parallel.