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US 11,059,481 · App. 16/496,973 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program

Inventors: Toru Kokaki (Wako, JP); Katsuya Yashiro (Wako, JP); Toshiyuki Kaji (Wako, JP); Masanori Takeda (Wako, JP); Hiroshi Oguro (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,059,481
App. No.
16/496,973
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle; a trajectory determiner that determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the distribution state of the obstacles recognized by the recognizer; and an automated driving controller that executes automated driving of the vehicle along the target trajectory determined by the trajectory determiner.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle control system comprising:

a recognizer that recognizes a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle;

a trajectory determiner that determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the distribution state of the obstacles recognized by the recognizer; and

an automated driving controller that executes automated driving of the vehicle along the target trajectory determined by the trajectory determiner.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the trajectory determiner determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle within a lane in which the vehicle is currently running.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in a case in which the target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle cannot be determined within the lane in which the vehicle is currently running, the trajectory determiner determines the target trajectory by allowing a deviation from the lane in which the vehicle is currently running.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , further comprising an estimator that estimates types of obstacles recognized by the recognizer,

wherein the trajectory determiner determines the target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the types of the obstacles estimated by the estimator.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the automated driving controller performs control of stopping the vehicle in a case in which the target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle cannot be determined on the basis of a predetermined criterion by the trajectory determiner.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the automated driving controller performs control of switching to manual driving according to a vehicle occupant of the vehicle in a case in which the target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle cannot be determined on the basis of a predetermined criterion by the trajectory determiner.

7. A vehicle control method using an in-vehicle computer comprising:

recognizing a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle;

determining a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the recognized distribution state of the obstacles; and

executing automated driving of the vehicle along the determined target trajectory.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a vehicle control program to be executed by an in-vehicle computer to perform at least:

recognizing a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle;

determining a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the recognized distribution state of the obstacles; and

executing automated driving of the vehicle along the determined target trajectory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2019
From: KOKAKI, TORU; YASHIRO, KATSUYA; KAJI, TOSHIYUKI; TAKEDA, MASANORI; OGURO, HIROSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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