VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE: abstract simplified (18165732)

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  • This abstract for appeared for 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 designed to assist with lane changes. The device uses a processor to set a reference zone for when a lane change should start on a particular lane. It then determines a target zone for the lane change based on the reference zone and a current correction value. The device keeps track of the number of times the driver has requested a lane change at a different location than the target zone's start location. Using this information, it calculates a new correction value for the reference zone, taking into account the number of requests and the distance between the target zone's start location and the location where the lane change was requested. The next target zone for the lane change is determined based on the reference 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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