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US 12,365,360 · App. 18/121,610 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Vehicle system, control method, and storage medium

Inventors: Daichi Kato (Wako, JP); Takashi Kuboshima (Wako, JP); Masashi Kanesaka (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,365,360
App. No.
18/121,610
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle system recognizes a situation of surroundings of a host vehicle, automatically controls at least steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the recognized situation of the surroundings to cause the host vehicle to perform lane change, acquires information on a route from a navigation device guiding the route along which the host vehicle travels, and suppresses control for assisting the steering on the basis of an event regarding the route when the event occurs in the navigation device.

Claims (59)

1. A vehicle system comprising:

a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions; and

one or more processors connected to the storage medium,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

recognize a situation of surroundings of a host vehicle,

automatically control at least steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the recognized situation of the surroundings to cause the host vehicle to perform lane change,

acquire information on a route from a navigation device guiding the route along which the host vehicle travels, and

suppress control for assisting the steering on the basis of an event regarding the route when the event occurs in the navigation device.

2. The vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein the event includes one or more of an event for setting a destination of the host vehicle, an event for changing the destination, an event for setting a waypoint, an event for changing the waypoint, an event for erasing the destination, an event for erasing the waypoint, an event for searching for the route, an event for erasing the route, or an event for interrupting route-based guidance.

3. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

change content of control at the time of suppression on the basis of a type of the event.

4. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

suppress first control for assisting the steering according to a proposal of the vehicle system when the event occurs, and

permit second control for assisting the steering executed on the basis of an operation according to an intention of a driver of the host vehicle.

5. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

be able to execute first control for causing the host vehicle to automatically perform lane change to a lane to a destination or waypoint (hereinafter referred to as a target point), and

stop first control based on a route to a first target point in a case in which an event in which a user changes the target point from the first target point to a second target point occurs when the first control based on the route to the first target point is being executed.

6. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

be able to execute first control for causing the host vehicle to automatically perform lane change to a lane to a destination or waypoint (hereinafter referred to as a target point), and

execute the first control after acquiring a route to a new destination from the navigation device when the event is a setting of the new destination.

7. The vehicle system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

be able to execute third control for proposing causing the host vehicle to perform lane change to an adjacent lane adjacent to a lane in which the host vehicle travels without considering the destination, and causing the host vehicle to automatically perform the lane change to the adjacent lane when the proposal is approved by a driver, and

stopping the third control in a case in which an event in which the target point is changed or an event in which a new target point is set occurs when the third control is being executed.

8. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

be able to execute first control for causing the host vehicle to automatically perform lane change to a lane to a destination or waypoint (hereinafter referred to as a target point), and

continue first control based on a route to a first target point in a case in which an event in which the navigation device searches for the route to the first target point without depending on an operation of a user occurs when the first control based on the route to the first target point is being executed.

9. The vehicle system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

be able to execute third control for proposing causing the host vehicle to perform lane change to an adjacent lane adjacent to a lane in which the host vehicle travels without considering the destination, and causing the host vehicle to automatically perform the lane change to the adjacent lane when the proposal is approved by a driver, and

continue the third control in a case in which an event in which the navigation device searches for a route to the first target point without depending on an operation of the user occurs when the third control is being executed.

10. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to:

be able to execute first control for causing the host vehicle to automatically perform lane change to a lane to a destination or waypoint (hereinafter referred to as a target point),

be able to execute third control for proposing causing the host vehicle to perform lane change to an adjacent lane adjacent to a lane in which the host vehicle travels without considering the destination, and causing the host vehicle to automatically perform the lane change to the adjacent lane when the proposal is approved by a driver, and

suspend the first control and start the third control in a case in which an event in which a user performs an operation for erasing a first target point or suspending the guidance to the first target point occurs when first control based on a route to the first target point is being executed.

11. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to be able to execute first control for causing the host vehicle to automatically perform lane change to a lane to a destination or waypoint (hereinafter referred to as a target point), and

the navigation device derives a target route for travel toward a second target point in a case in which an event in which the target point is changed to the second target point occurs when the first control for travel toward a first target point is being performed, and

the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to stop the first control for travel toward the first target point when the event occurs and execute first control based on the target route when the target route is acquired from the navigation device.

12. The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions to be able to execute first control for causing the host vehicle to automatically perform lane change to a lane to a destination or waypoint (hereinafter referred to as a target point), and

the navigation device generates an event in which a first route to the first target point is automatically updated without depending on an operation of the user when first control for travel toward the first target point is being performed, and derives a second route depending on the event, and

the one or more processors execute the computer-readable instructions not to stop first control based on first route when the event occurs, and to stop the first control based on the first route and execute first control based on the second route when the second route is acquired from the navigation device.

13. A control method, by a control device, executing:

processing of recognizing a situation of surroundings of a host vehicle,

processing of automatically controlling at least steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the recognized situation of the surroundings to cause the host vehicle to perform lane change,

processing of acquiring information on a route from a navigation device guiding the route along which the host vehicle travels, and

processing of suppressing control for assisting the steering on the basis of an event regarding the route when the event occurs in the navigation device.

14. A non-transitory storage medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a control device when executed, perform the steps comprising:

recognizing a situation of surroundings of a host vehicle,

automatically controlling at least steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the recognized situation of the surroundings to cause the host vehicle to perform lane change,

acquiring information on a route from a navigation device guiding the route along which the host vehicle travels, and

suppressing control for assisting the steering on the basis of an event regarding the route when the event occurs in the navigation device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: KATO, DAICHI; KUBOSHIMA, TAKASHI; KANESAKA, MASASHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062983/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-059771 · Mar 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230311940A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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