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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Nakamura, Isehara, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); B60W 30/095 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/18145 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/146 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A travel control device which allows a vehicle to travel along a lane of a travel path recognizes lane markers on the right and left of a lane, sets a travel area of the vehicle between the lane markers, selects a travel path candidate having high straightness among a plurality of travel path candidates with priority and determines the selected travel path candidate as a target travel path, and performs travel control according to the target travel path.