# US 11,299,180 B2 · Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,299,180 B2 - Document ID: US11299180B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/823,424 - Filed: 2020-03-19 - Published: 2020-10-01 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chihiro Oguro; Junya Yoda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299180B2 ## CPC - B60W 10/18: including control of braking systems - B60W 60/0027: {using trajectory prediction for other traffic participants} - B60W 10/04: including control of propulsion units - B60W 10/20: including control of steering systems - B60W 30/09: Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering - B60W 40/04: Traffic conditions - B60W 30/0956: {the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters} - B60W 2554/4045: Intention, e.g. lane change or imminent movement - B60W 2554/802: Longitudinal distance - B60W 2554/805: Azimuth angle - B60W 2720/10: Longitudinal speed - B60W 2720/106: Longitudinal acceleration - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle based on an output of an on-board sensor; an interruption vehicle specifier configured to specify an interruption vehicle attempting to interrupt a travel lane from a lateral side of the travel lane in which there is the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; and a driving controller configured to control at least one of an acceleration or deceleration speed or steering of the vehicle based on a position of the specified interruption vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle control device comprising: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; an interruption vehicle specifier configured to specify an interruption vehicle attempting to interrupt a travel lane from a lateral side of the travel lane in which there is the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; and a driving controller configured to control at least one of an acceleration or deceleration speed or steering of the vehicle based on a position of the specified interruption vehicle, wherein the interruption vehicle specifier includes a first interruption vehicle specifier that specifies the interruption vehicle based on a side movement amount of another vehicle and a second interruption vehicle specifier that specifies the interruption vehicle based on a direction of a vehicle body of the other vehicle, wherein the first interruption vehicle specifier operates when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed, and wherein both the first interruption vehicle specifier and the second interruption vehicle specifier operate when the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the interruption vehicle specifier performs specifying the other vehicle as the interruption vehicle as a specifying process of a first stage based on the recognition result of the recognizer and performs specifying the other vehicle as the interruption vehicle as a specifying process of a second stage when the other vehicle enters a prohibition range in front of the vehicle, and wherein the driving controller causes a degree of control corresponding to the interruption vehicle to be larger with regard to the specified other vehicle when the other vehicle is specified as the interruption vehicle through the specifying process of the second stage than when the other vehicle is specified as the interruption vehicle through the specifying process of the first stage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle control device according to claim 2, wherein the driving controller does not launch the vehicle when the other vehicle is specified as the interruption vehicle through the specifying process of the second stage and the vehicle is stopping. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle control device according to claim 2, wherein the interruption vehicle specifier sets the prohibition range based on a travel environment of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The vehicle control device according to claim 2, wherein the interruption vehicle specifier sets the prohibition range using an area occupied by a lane as a standard. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The vehicle control device according to claim 2, wherein the interruption vehicle specifier lengthens a length of the prohibition range as a vehicle length of the interruption vehicle is longer. ### Claim 7 A vehicle control method causing a computer to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; specify an interruption vehicle attempting to interrupt a travel lane from a lateral side of the travel lane in which there is the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; and control at least one of an acceleration or deceleration speed or steering of the vehicle based on a position of the specified interruption vehicle, wherein the specifying the interruption vehicle includes: specifying the interruption vehicle based on a side movement amount of another vehicle when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed; and specifying the interruption vehicle based on a direction of a vehicle body of the other vehicle when the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed. ### Claim 8 A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; specify an interruption vehicle attempting to interrupt a travel lane from a lateral side of the travel lane in which there is the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; and control at least one of an acceleration or deceleration speed or steering of the vehicle based on a position of the specified interruption vehicle, wherein the specifying the interruption vehicle includes: specifying the interruption vehicle based on a side movement amount of another vehicle when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed; and specifying the interruption vehicle based on a direction of a vehicle body of the other vehicle when the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed.