Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device which activates a camber angle adjustment device which adjusts a camber angle of a wheel to control the camber angle of the wheel, comprising:

• activation control means for controlling an activation state of the camber angle adjustment device,
• wherein the wheel includes a first tread and a second tread aligned in a width direction of the wheel with respect to the first tread and arranged on an inside or an outside of the vehicle,
• wherein the first tread and the second tread are configured to have characteristics different from each other such that the first tread is configured to have a characteristic of a higher grip force compared to the second tread and the second tread is configured to have a characteristic of a smaller rolling resistance compared to the first tread,
• wherein the activation control means includes:
• vicinity information acquisition means for acquiring vicinity information on a vicinity of the vehicle;
• characteristic determination means for determining a characteristic necessary for the wheel, based on the vicinity information acquired by the vicinity information acquisition means, and
• camber angle change means for activating the camber angle adjustment device to change the camber angle of the wheel such that the wheel exhibits the characteristic determined by the characteristic determination means,
• wherein:
• the vicinity information acquisition means includes relative position acquisition means for acquiring a relative position of the vehicle relative to another vehicle as the vicinity information, and
• the characteristic determination means determines the characteristic necessary for the wheel based on the relative position acquired as the vicinity information by the relative position acquisition means.

A vehicle control device which activates a camber angle adjustment device which adjusts a camber angle of a wheel to control the camber angle of the wheel, comprising:

• activation control means for controlling an activation state of the camber angle adjustment device,
• wherein the wheel includes a first tread and a second tread aligned in a width direction of the wheel with respect to the first tread and arranged on an inside or an outside of the vehicle,
• wherein the first tread and the second tread are configured to have characteristics different from each other such that the first tread is configured to have a characteristic of a higher grip force compared to the second tread and the second tread is configured to have a characteristic of a smaller rolling resistance compared to the first tread,
• wherein the activation control means includes:
• vicinity information acquisition means for acquiring vicinity information on a vicinity of the vehicle;
• characteristic determination means for determining a characteristic necessary for the wheel, based on the vicinity information acquired by the vicinity information acquisition means, and
• camber angle change means for activating the camber angle adjustment device to change the camber angle of the wheel such that the wheel exhibits the characteristic determined by the characteristic determination means,
• wherein:
• the activation control means includes time acquisition means for acquiring the current time, and
• the characteristic determination means determines the characteristic necessary for the wheel based on the current time acquired by the time acquisition means and the vicinity information acquired by the situation acquisition means.