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US 2016/0259338 A1Published application
Travel control device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi NAKAMURA
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Abstract
A travel control device which allows a vehicle to travel along a lane of a travel path recognizes lane markers on the right and left of a lane, sets a travel area of the vehicle between the lane markers, selects a travel path candidate having high straightness among a plurality of travel path candidates with priority and determines the selected travel path candidate as a target travel path, and performs travel control according to the target travel path.
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A travel control device which allows a vehicle to travel along a lane of a travel path, the travel control device comprising:
- a detection unit which detects lane markers provided on the right and left of the lane;
- a travel area setting unit which sets a travel area of the vehicle between the lane markers in front of the vehicle;
- a path generation unit which generates a target travel path of the vehicle within the travel area set;
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- a travel control unit which allows the vehicle to travel along the target travel path,
- wherein the path generation unit selects a travel path candidate having high straightness among a plurality of travel path candidates with priority and determines the selected travel path candidate as the target travel path.
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