US 12,434,705 B2
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory recording medium
Masashi Nose, Nagoya (JP); Tomoaki Miyazawa, Nagoya (JP); Kazuya Kumazawa, Nagoya (JP); Miki Tsujino, Nagakute (JP); and Tsukasa Kitazawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-191784 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174232 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device including a processor which, when an operation member operable by an occupant of a vehicle has been operated, causes the vehicle to execute lane change assistance control, wherein the processor:
executes first lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from a travel lane, which is a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, to an adjacent lane when a first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member; and
executes second lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from the travel lane to a distant lane, which is a lane on an opposite side of the adjacent lane from the travel lane, when a second operation different from the first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member, wherein the operation member comprises a turn signal lever that is movable between an initial position and an operation position,
the first operation is an operation of moving the turn signal lever to the operation position and positioning the turn signal lever in the operation position for a period of time less than a first threshold value and equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and
the second operation is an operation of moving the turn signal lever to the operation position and positioning the turn signal lever in the operation position for a period of time equal to or greater than the first threshold value.