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US 11,440,550 B2Granted
Vehicle control device and vehicle control meihod
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaichi Kato, Mo Zhang, Chihiro Oguro, Nozomu Hirosawa
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Abstract
On a road on which a first lane, a second lane, and a third lane or a road shoulder are adjacent to each other, a vehicle control device executes an automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane. In the case that a traffic regulating object that regulates passage of traffic in the third lane or on the road shoulder is placed in the third lane or on the road shoulder, and an external environment recognition unit recognizes the traffic regulating object, a lane change control unit restricts the automatic lane change.
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A vehicle control device, comprising:
- an external environment recognition unit that recognizes a situation of a surrounding periphery of a user's own vehicle;
- a lane change control unit that executes an automatic lane change by controlling a travel speed and steering of the user's own vehicle, based on a recognition result of the external environment recognition unit, wherein
- on a road on which a first lane and a second lane are adjacent to each other, the second lane and a third lane or a road shoulder are adjacent to each other, and the first lane and the third lane or the road shoulder are positioned on opposite sides of the second lane, the vehicle control device executes the automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane;
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- in a case that a pylon or a smoke candle that regulates passage of traffic is placed in the third lane or on the road shoulder and the external environment recognition unit recognizes the pylon or the smoke candle, the lane change control unit cancels the automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane.
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A vehicle control method, comprising:
- an external environment recognition step of recognizing a situation of a surrounding periphery of a user's own vehicle;
- a lane change control step of executing an automatic lane change by controlling a travel speed and steering of the user's own vehicle, based on a recognition result in the external environment recognition step,
- wherein on a road on which a first lane and a second lane are adjacent to each other, the second lane and a third lane or a road shoulder are adjacent to each other, and the first lane and the third lane or the road shoulder are positioned on opposite sides of the second lane, the vehicle control method comprises executing the automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane;
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- in a case that a pylon or a smoke candle that regulates passage of traffic is placed in the third lane or on the road shoulder, and the pylon or a smoke candle is recognized in the external environment recognition step, canceling the automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane in the lane change control step.
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A vehicle control device, comprising:
- an external environment recognition unit that recognizes a situation of a surrounding periphery of a user's own vehicle;
- a lane change control unit that executes an automatic lane change by controlling a travel speed and steering of the user's own vehicle, based on a recognition result of the external environment recognition unit, wherein
- on a road on which a first lane and a second lane are adjacent to each other, the second lane and a third lane or a road shoulder are adjacent to each other, and the first lane and the third lane or the road shoulder are positioned on opposite sides of the second lane, the lane change control unit cancels the automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane in a case that a pylon or a smoke candle that regulates passage of traffic is placed in the third lane or on the road shoulder and the external environment recognition unit recognizes the pylon or the smoke candle:
- and the lane change control unit is capable of executing the automatic lane change other than the automatic lane change from the first lane to the second lane regardless of whether the external environment recognition unit recognizes the pylon or the smoke candle.
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