Vehicle cruise control device and cruise control method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10486698
APP PUB NO 20180009438A1
SERIAL NO

15544847

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A cruise control device 10 includes a cutting-in/deviation determination unit 12 for performing cutting-in determination and deviation determination of another vehicle. The cutting-in/deviation determination unit 12 calculates a lateral position that is a position in a vehicle width direction of a forward vehicle 51 traveling ahead of an own vehicle 50, and determines the forward vehicle 51 traveling on an adjacent lane 64 to be a cutting-in vehicle into an own lane 63 and determines the forward vehicle 51 traveling on the own lane 63 to be a deviating vehicle from the own lane 63 on the basis of the calculated lateral position. The cutting-in/deviation determination unit 12 determines whether or not the own vehicle 50 is in a predetermined own vehicle turning state that is either one of a state before starting a turn or a state of turning, and determines permission of performing of cutting-in determination and deviation determination of the other vehicle on the basis of the determination result.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571
DENSO CORPORATION1-1 SHOWA-CHO KARIYA-CITY AICHI-PREF 448-8661

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Katsukura, Toyoharu Kariya, JP 17 177
Masui, Youhei Kariya, JP 26 201
Nanami, Takeshi Toyota, JP 30 605
Nishida, Takashi Toyota, JP 83 966
Ogata, Yoshihisa Kariya, JP 50 483

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