Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lane change support apparatus
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Application No.: US16911903Application Date: 2020-06-25
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Publication No.: US11021156B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Taiyo Uejima
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2017-212919 20171102
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B60W30/18 ; B60Q9/00 ; B60K28/06 ; B60W50/14

Abstract:
A lane change support apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to, when it is recognized that there is an abnormality in a driver of a host vehicle, determine whether or not lane change is possible. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the lane change is possible when a vehicle speed of the host vehicle is lower than a predetermined upper limit speed, a following vehicle present closest to the host vehicle has stayed in a rear guard vehicle approval range for a predetermined time or longer, and a vehicle is not present in a lane change allowance gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200324776A1 LANE CHANGE SUPPORT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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