Vehicle control device, vehicle, and vehicle control method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKanta TSUJI, Yuta TAKADA
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Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: a transmission control unit that can select a restricted mode in which the range of a gear ratio of a transmission is restricted and an unrestricted mode in which the range of the gear ratio is not restricted, and controls the gear ratio in accordance with the selected transmission mode; and a lane change control unit that, if the unrestricted mode is selected in a case where a lane change request has been acquired, keeps the unrestricted mode and performs lane change control in which a host vehicle changes lanes, and if the restricted mode is selected in the case where the lane change request has been acquired, selects the unrestricted mode and performs the lane change control.
Claims7
A vehicle control device comprising:
- a transmission control unit configured to select, as a transmission mode, a restricted mode in which a range of a gear ratio of a transmission is restricted and an unrestricted mode in which the range of the gear ratio is not restricted, and configured to control the gear ratio in accordance with the selected transmission mode;
- a lane change request acquisition unit configured to acquire a lane change request;
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- a lane change control unit configured to, if the unrestricted mode is selected in a case where the lane change request has been acquired, keep the unrestricted mode and perform lane change control in which a host vehicle changes lanes, and if the restricted mode is selected in the case where the lane change request has been acquired, select the unrestricted mode and perform the lane change control.
A vehicle comprising a vehicle control device, the vehicle control device including:
- a transmission control unit configured to select, as a transmission mode, a restricted mode in which a range of a gear ratio of a transmission is restricted and an unrestricted mode in which the range of the gear ratio is not restricted, and configured to control the gear ratio in accordance with the selected transmission mode;
- a lane change request acquisition unit configured to acquire a lane change request;
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- a lane change control unit configured to, if the unrestricted mode is selected in a case where the lane change request has been acquired, keep the unrestricted mode and perform lane change control in which the vehicle changes lanes, and if the restricted mode is selected in the case where the lane change request has been acquired, select the unrestricted mode and perform the lane change control.
A vehicle control method comprising:
- a transmission control step of selecting, as a transmission mode, a restricted mode in which a range of a gear ratio of a transmission is restricted and an unrestricted mode in which the range of the gear ratio is not restricted, and controlling the gear ratio in accordance with the selected transmission mode;
- a lane change request acquisition step of acquiring a lane change request;
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- a lane change control step of, if the unrestricted mode is selected in a case where the lane change request has been acquired, keeping the unrestricted mode and performing lane change control in which a host vehicle changes lanes, and if the restricted mode is selected in the case where the lane change request has been acquired, selecting the unrestricted mode and performing the lane change control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.