IP Library Patent Application 16817761
Patent Application
App. No. 16/817,761

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

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App. No.
16/817,761
Abstract

A vehicle control device causing a vehicle to travel along a target route includes: a first calculation unit calculating a yaw angle control amount that reduces a yaw angle deviation between an actual yaw angle of the vehicle and a target yaw angle corresponding to the target route; a second calculation unit calculating a lateral control amount that reduces a lateral deviation of the vehicle with respect to the target route; and a setting unit setting a first gain of the yaw angle control amount and a second gain of the lateral control amount. The setting unit reduces the first gain and increases the second gain at a current position of the vehicle as a current curvature is larger. The current curvature is a curvature of the target route corresponding to the current position or a curvature of the target route ahead of the current position.

Claims (11)

1 . A vehicle control device configured to cause a vehicle to travel along a target route, the device comprising:

a first calculation unit configured to calculate a yaw angle control amount that reduces a yaw angle deviation that is a deviation between an actual yaw angle of the vehicle and a target yaw angle corresponding to the target route;

a second calculation unit configured to calculate a lateral control amount that reduces a lateral deviation of the vehicle with respect to the target route; and

a setting unit configured to set a first gain that is a gain of the yaw angle control amount and a second gain that is a gain of the lateral control amount, wherein

the setting unit reduces the first gain and increases the second gain at a current position of the vehicle as a current curvature is larger, the current curvature being a curvature of the target route corresponding to the current position or a curvature of the target route ahead of the current position of the vehicle.

2 . The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a front curvature that is a curvature of the target route ahead of the target route corresponding to the current curvature, wherein

the setting unit reduces the first gain and increases the second gain as a difference between the front curvature and the current curvature is larger, until the vehicle reaches the target route corresponding to the front curvature when the front curvature acquired by the acquisition unit is larger than the current curvature.

3 . The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a front direction that is a direction of the target route ahead of the target route corresponding to the current curvature, wherein

the setting unit reduces the first gain and increases the second gain, until the vehicle reaches the target route corresponding to the front direction when the front direction acquired by the acquisition unit is opposite to a direction of the target route corresponding to the current position.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2021
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058575/0964 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2020
From: NAKAMURA, TOMOYUKI; HASHIMOTO, YOSUKE
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 052711/0371 →