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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 27, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02);
Abstract
A road shape grasping unit is configured to grasp a road shape of a merging area present in a traveling direction of a subject vehicle traveling with an autonomous travel control in which a driver has no surroundings monitoring obligation. A continuation determination unit is configured to determine, according to the road shape of the merging area, whether to continue the autonomous travel control in the merging area.