Vehicle control device
AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorsIchiji Yamada, Akira Kato
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Abstract
A vehicle control device includes an analysis unit configured to analyze a road surface condition based on a captured image that is captured by an imaging device that captures an image of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a switching unit configured to switch a control mode indicating a level of control related to traveling of the vehicle based on the road surface condition and a vehicle characteristic that is based on detection information from an on-board sensor, and a control unit configured to control the vehicle in the control mode selected by switching.
Claims11
A vehicle control device comprising:
- an analysis unit configured to analyze a road surface condition based on a captured image that is captured by an imaging device that captures an image of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle;
- a switching unit configured to switch a control mode indicating a level of control related to traveling of the vehicle based on the road surface condition and a vehicle characteristic that is based on detection information from an on-board sensor;
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- a control unit configured to control the vehicle in the control mode selected by switching,
- wherein the vehicle characteristic includes a heave-related characteristic, a roll-related characteristic, or a pitch-related characteristic of the vehicle that is based on a vertical acceleration, a lateral acceleration, or a longitudinal acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor serving as the on-board sensor or a vehicle height of the vehicle detected by a vehicle height sensor serving as the on-board sensor.
A vehicle control device comprising
- an analysis unit configured to analyze a road surface condition based on a captured image that is captured by an imaging device that captures an image of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle;
- a switching unit configured to switch a control mode indicating a level of control related to traveling of the vehicle based on the road surface condition and a vehicle characteristic that is based on detection information from an on-board sensor;
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- a control unit configured to control the vehicle in the control mode selected by switching, wherein:
- the control mode associated with the road surface condition and the vehicle characteristic is determined in advance;
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- the switching unit is configured to switch the control mode to the control mode determined in association with the road surface condition and the vehicle characteristic.
A vehicle control device comprising
- an analysis unit configured to analyze a road surface condition based on a captured image that is captured by an imaging device that captures an image of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle;
- a switching unit configured to switch a control mode indicating a level of control related to traveling of the vehicle based on the road surface condition and a vehicle characteristic that is based on detection information from an on-board sensor;
- a control unit configured to control the vehicle in the control mode selected by switching;
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- a learning unit configured to input and learn the road surface condition and the detection information while the vehicle is traveling, and change the control mode determined in advance for the vehicle characteristic that is based on the road surface condition and the detection information, wherein the switching unit is configured to switch the control mode to the changed control mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.