Vehicle control device, vehicle control method and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyuta HASHIMOTO, Hiroki FUKUDA, Akira ITO
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Abstract
When a subject vehicle reaches a first position of an interflow zone within an interflow lane, it is judged whether a condition for automatic interflow is satisfied. When it is judged that the condition for automatic interflow is not satisfied at the first position, a notification for urging manual interflow by a driver is stated to execute. When it is judged that the condition for automatic interfiow is satisfied at the first position, the automatic interflow is stared to execute.
Claims8
A vehicle control device which is configured to control automatic interfiow of a subject vehicle from an interflow lane to a main lane,
- wherein the vehicle control device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device in which a computer-executable program is stored,
- wherein, when the program is executed by the processor, the processor is configured to:
- judge whether or not a predetermined condition for automatic interflow is satisfied when the subject vehicle reaches a first position of an interflow zone within the interflow lane;
- and
- start to execute a notification for urging manual interflow by a driver when it is judged that the condition for automatic interfiow is not satisfied at the first position, while starting to execute the automatic interflow when it is judged that the condition for automatic interflow is satisfied at the first position.
A vehicle control method to control automatic interflow of a subject vehicle from an interflow lane to a main lane,
- wherein the vehicle control method comprises the steps of:
- judging whether or not a predetermined condition for automatic interfiow is satisfied when the subject vehicle reaches a first position of an interfiow zone within the interfiow lane;
- and
- starting to execute a notification for urging manual interflow by a driver when it is judged that the condition for automatic interfiow is not satisfied at the first position, while starting to execute the automatic interflow when it is judged that the condition for automatic interflow is satisfied at the first position.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that causes a computer to execute process to control automatic interflow of a subject vehicle from an interflow lane to a main lane,
- wherein the process comprising:
- judging whether or not a predetermined condition for automatic interfiow is satisfied when the subject vehicle reaches a first position of an interfiow zone within the interfiow lane;
- and
- starting to execute a notification for urging manual interflow by a driver when it is judged that the condition for automatic interfiow is not satisfied at the first position, while starting to execute the automatic interflow when it is judged that the condition for automatic interflow is satisfied at the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.