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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsWataru Sasagawa, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minami Sato, Miyuki Kamatani, Takahisa Awata
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A vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a distance acquirer configured to obtain a distance between a first avoidance target and a second avoidance target in a longitudinal direction of a host vehicle when the first avoidance target is on one of left and right sides of the host vehicle and when the second avoidance target is on a far side of the first avoidance target and on another side of the host vehicle; and a controller configured or programmed to reduce a displacement amount in a lateral direction of the host vehicle, of a displacement in a direction of the host vehicle going away from the first avoidance target, which is to avoid the first avoidance target by the avoidance control, when the obtained distance is less than a predetermined distance, in comparison with when the obtained distance is greater than the predetermined distance.
A vehicle control apparatus configured to perform an avoidance control when there are avoidance targets to be avoided on a course of a host vehicle, said vehicle control apparatus configured to:
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