Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous driving system
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Application No.: US15819645Application Date: 2017-11-21
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Publication No.: US10466701B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Ryuta Hashimoto , Yoshinori Watanabe
- Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Priority: JP2016-236913 20161206
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; B62D15/02

Abstract:
An autonomous driving system includes: an information acquisition device that acquires surrounding situation information indicating a surrounding situation around a vehicle; and a lane change control device that controls lane change of the vehicle. An influence degree represents influence of the lane change on traffic flow around the vehicle. The lane change control device performs: acceptable range setting processing that sets an acceptable upper limit of the influence degree as a function of a position along a travel lane in which the vehicle travels; influence degree calculation processing that calculates the influence degree based on the surrounding situation information; and lane change determination processing that prohibits the lane change when the influence degree is greater than the acceptable upper limit while executes the lane change when the influence degree is equal to or less than the acceptable upper limit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180157257A1 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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