Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsYu Maeda, Atsushi Baba
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus is mounted in a subject vehicle provided with a running planning unit configured to calculate one or more candidate routes on which the subject vehicle is to travel. The vehicle control apparatus predicts an action of a prediction target moving body that includes the subject vehicle and at least one moving body present in a vicinity of the subject vehicle.
Claims21
A vehicle control apparatus mounted in a subject vehicle provided with a running planning unit configured to calculate one or more candidate routes on which the subject vehicle is to travel, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- an action prediction unit configured to predict an action of a prediction target moving body that includes the subject vehicle and at least one moving body present in a vicinity of the subject vehicle;
- and
- a responsibility determination unit configured to determine responsibility for a potential accident assumed when the subject vehicle travels on a candidate route of the one or more candidate routes based on the action predicted by the action prediction unit, wherein
- when the action prediction unit predicts a deviation behavior in which at least either the subject vehicle or a nearby vehicle present in the vicinity of the subject vehicle deviates from a behavior according to a travel control, the action prediction unit predicts the action of the prediction target moving body when the deviation behavior occurs, and the responsibility determination unit determines responsibility for a potential accident when the deviation behavior occurs.
A vehicle control method comprising:
- predicting an action of a prediction target moving body that includes a subject vehicle and at least one moving body present in a vicinity of the subject vehicle;
- predicting the action of the prediction target moving body when predicting a deviation behavior in which at least either the subject vehicle or a nearby vehicle present in the vicinity of the subject vehicle deviates from a behavior according to a travel control;
- and
- determining responsibility for a potential accident assumed when the subject vehicle travels on a candidate route as a candidate of a route on which the subject vehicle is to travel based on the predicted action.
A vehicle control apparatus comprising
- a processor configured to:
- calculate one or more candidate routes on which a subject vehicle is to travel;
- predict an action of a prediction target moving body that includes the subject vehicle and at least one moving body present in a vicinity of the subject vehicle;
- and
- determine responsibility for a potential accident assumed when the subject vehicle travels on the candidate route based on the action predicted, wherein
- when the processor predicts a deviation behavior in which at least either the subject vehicle or a nearby vehicle present in the vicinity of the subject vehicle deviates from a behavior according to a travel control, the processor predicts the action of the prediction target moving body when the deviation behavior occurs, and determines responsibility for a potential accident when the deviation behavior occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.