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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2025
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Kamatani, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle driving assistance apparatus executes a following moving control of moving an own vehicle, autonomously executing a powering control of powering the own vehicle and a coasting control of causing the own vehicle to coast alternately, maintaining an inter-vehicle distance between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle in front of the own vehicle within a predetermined inter-vehicle distance range, and a vehicle moving speed control of moving the own vehicle, autonomously executing the powering control and the coasting control alternately, maintaining a moving speed of the own vehicle within a predetermined vehicle moving speed range. The apparatus executes the following moving control when a moving speed of the preceding vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined vehicle moving speed. The apparatus executes the vehicle moving speed control when the moving speed of the preceding vehicle is greater than the predetermined vehicle moving speed.
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