Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor configured to assess whether or not a lane change is necessary based on a scheduled route and surrounding environment information for a vehicle and select a traffic lane of the road, to produce a driving lane plan showing the scheduled driving lane, determine the notification priority representing the priority for notifying the driver of the planned lane change, based on at least one item from among the scheduled route, and the result of assessing whether or not the planned lane change is included in a plurality of continuous planned lane changes to be executed for a common purpose, when it has been planned to execute a lane change and suppress notification to the driver of planned lane changes with low notification priority compared to notification to the driver of planned lane changes with high notification priority, using a notification unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device comprises a processor configured to determine a target merge location where the vehicle is to make a lane change from a merging lane to a main lane, in a merge zone on a scheduled route where the merging lane merges with the main lane, as a location that is before the location at the minimum distance to the end point of the merging lane allowing the driver to whom control of the vehicle has been handed over to operate the vehicle for the lane change, and when the vehicle has not completed the lane change upon reaching the target merge location, give the driver a first notification notifying that control of the vehicle will be switched from automatic control to manual control, by using a notifying unit that notifies the driver of information, or by using a vehicle controlling device that controls operation of the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes processor being configured to: perform automated driving control for automatically performing a driving operation of the vehicle; and provide a driving event which will occur at a point ahead in the direction of advance from a current point based on a driving plan for automated driving through the information provision device to the driver. The processor is further configured to: judge the suitability of the driving operation corresponding to the driving event being performed by the driver at a point before the point of the driving event; and provide the driver with judgment information so that the driver does not perform the driving operation corresponding to the driving event at a point before the point of the driving event when judging it is not suitable to perform it.

Abstract: A vehicle reducing unease of a driver during driver assistance, provided with a display device configured to display a surrounding vehicle together with a host vehicle at a relative position calculated by an object recognition device, display a mark showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space for performing a lane change in a destination driving lane which is a destination for a lane change when an automatic lane change is planned to be performed, and make a position of the mark change in accordance with the relative position of the surrounding vehicle when there is a surrounding vehicle present having an effect on a lane change in the destination driving lane.

Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor configured to assess whether or not a lane change is necessary based on a scheduled route and surrounding environment information for a vehicle and select a traffic lane of the road, to produce a driving lane plan showing the scheduled driving lane, determine the notification priority representing the priority for notifying the driver of the planned lane change, based on at least one item from among the scheduled route, and the result of assessing whether or not the planned lane change is included in a plurality of continuous planned lane changes to be executed for a common purpose, when it has been planned to execute a lane change and suppress notification to the driver of planned lane changes with low notification priority compared to notification to the driver of planned lane changes with high notification priority, using a notification unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device comprises a processor configured to determine a target merge location where the vehicle is to make a lane change from a merging lane to a main lane, in a merge zone on a scheduled route where the merging lane merges with the main lane, as a location that is before the location at the minimum distance to the end point of the merging lane allowing the driver to whom control of the vehicle has been handed over to operate the vehicle for the lane change, and when the vehicle has not completed the lane change upon reaching the target merge location, give the driver a first notification notifying that control of the vehicle will be switched from automatic control to manual control, by using a notifying unit that notifies the driver of information, or by using a vehicle controlling device that controls operation of the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation of the vehicle.