Vehicle control device and method for controlling vehicle
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTakuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
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Abstract
A vehicle control device usable in a vehicle that is configured to switch an automatic driving level. The vehicle control device includes: a vehicle speed adjuster configured to adjust a speed of the vehicle at a set vehicle speed; and a suppressor configured to change an upper limit of acceleration of the vehicle according to a level of automatic driving of the vehicle. When the vehicle speed adjustment by the vehicle speed adjuster requires acceleration of the vehicle during a level 3 automatic driving, the suppressor lowers the upper limit of acceleration than the upper limit during a level 2 automatic driving.
Claims18
A vehicle control device usable for a vehicle, the vehicle configured to switch a level of automatic driving, the vehicle control device comprising:
- a vehicle speed adjuster configured to adjust a speed of the vehicle at a set vehicle speed;
- and
- a suppressor configured to change an upper limit of acceleration of the vehicle according to the level of automatic driving of the vehicle, when the vehicle speed adjuster requires acceleration of the vehicle to adjust the speed of the vehicle.
A method for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle configured to switch a level of automatic driving, the method being executable by at least one processor, the method comprising:
- adjusting, in a vehicle speed adjustment process, a speed of the vehicle at a set vehicle speed;
- and
- changing, in a suppression process, an upper limit of acceleration of the vehicle according to the level of automatic driving of the vehicle, when the vehicle speed adjustment process requires acceleration of the vehicle to adjust the speed of the vehicle.
A vehicle control device comprising:
- at least one processor configured to
- adjust a speed of a vehicle at a set vehicle speed and
- change an upper limit of acceleration of the vehicle according to a level of automatic driving of a vehicle, in response to requirement of acceleration of the vehicle to adjust the speed of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.