US Patent Application 18165732. VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE simplified abstract

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VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA


Inventor(s)

Kenta Kumazaki of Tokyo-to (JP)


VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18165732 Titled 'VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a vehicle control device that is able to assist with lane changes. The device uses a processor to set a starting zone for a lane change on a road. It then determines a target starting zone for the lane change based on the initial starting zone and a current correction value. The device keeps track of the number of times the driver has requested a lane change from a different location than the target starting zone. Using this information, it calculates a new correction value for the initial starting zone. The next target starting zone is determined based on the initial starting zone and the new correction value.


Original Abstract Submitted

A vehicle control device has a processor configured to set a reference lane change start zone on a traveling lane, determine a target lane change start zone on the traveling lane, based on the reference lane change start zone and a current correction value, count a number of requests as number of times a vehicle lane change has been requested by the driver at a different location than a start location of the target lane change start zone, and calculate a new correction value for the reference lane change start zone, based on a correction coefficient determined based on the number of requests, and distance between the start location of the target lane change start zone and request location where the vehicle lane change has been requested, wherein the next target lane change start zone is determined based on the reference lane change start zone and the new correction value.

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