{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether a difficult traveling zone exists between a lane change completion location and a current location of the vehicle, to calculate a first distance between an end point of the difficult traveling zone in the traveling direction…",
  "path": "/patents/1372946",
  "publishedAt": "2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "B60W30/18163",
    "TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA"
  ],
  "textContent": "A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether a difficult traveling zone exists between a lane change completion location and a current location of the vehicle, to calculate a first distance between an end point of the difficult traveling zone in the traveling direction of the vehicle and the lane change completion location when the difficult traveling zone exists, to determine whether the first distance is at least a reference distance, and to decide to execute a lane change for movement of the vehicle to the target lane after the vehicle has passed through the difficult traveling zone when the first distance is at least the reference distance or to decide to execute a lane change for movement of the vehicle to the target lane before the vehicle reaches the difficult traveling zone when the first distance is less than the reference distance.",
  "title": "VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM"
}