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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Norihiro Takahashi, Sunto-gun, JP;
Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Hadano, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A driving control device that performs overtaking control, includes: a preceding vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire preceding vehicle information about a speed of a preceding vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine propriety of the overtaking control, based on a traveling environment; an overtaking vehicle speed calculation unit configured to calculate an overtaking vehicle speed of a host vehicle, based on the preceding vehicle information, in response to a determination by the determination unit that the overtaking control is possible; and a driving control unit configured to execute the overtaking control using the overtaking vehicle speed, wherein the overtaking vehicle speed calculation unit is configured to calculate an overtaking vehicle speed which is faster than a speed of the preceding vehicle and in which a speed difference relative to the speed of the preceding vehicle becomes a predetermined speed difference.
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