VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• Main Authors: NOSE, Masashi, MIYAZAWA, Tomoaki, KUMAZAWA, Kazuya, TSUJINO, Miki, KITAZAWA, Tsukasa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.06.2024
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A vehicle control device includes a control unit 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 control unit: 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 the opposite side of the travel lane across the adjacent lane, when a second operation different from the first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member.