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US 12,370,945 · App. 18/122,368 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Control device, control method, and computer-readable recording medium

Inventors: Yuki Hara (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuya Watanabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60Q9/008B60K31/0008
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Patent No.
US 12,370,945
App. No.
18/122,368
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device including circuitry configured to: perform movement control for moving a moving body to a target movement position; detect an obstacle in surroundings of the moving body; and perform notification to a user of the moving body when the obstacle is detected. The movement control is control for moving the moving body at a first speed or less. The circuitry is configured to: stop the notification in response to a notification stop input from the user of the moving body; cancel the stop of the notification when a movement speed of the moving body is equal to or higher than a second speed; and during execution of the movement control, cancel the stop of the notification when a distance between the moving body and the obstacle satisfies a predetermined condition, and continue the stop of the notification when the distance does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

Claims (44)

1. A control device comprising circuitry configured to:

perform movement control for moving a moving body to a target movement position;

detect an obstacle, which is an object that interferes with an immediate path in which the moving body travels within a certain period of time, in surroundings of the moving body; and

perform notification to a user of the moving body when the obstacle is detected, wherein

the movement control is control for moving the moving body at a first speed or less, and

the circuitry is configured to:

stop the notification in response to a notification stop input from the user of the moving body;

cancel the stop of the notification when a movement speed of the moving body is equal to or higher than a second speed; and

during execution of the movement control, cancel the stop of the notification when a distance between the moving body and the obstacle satisfies a predetermined condition, and continue the stop of the notification when the distance does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined condition is that the distance is equal to or less than a predetermined distance.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined condition is a condition based on an amount of change in the distance.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the notification is audio notification, and

the circuitry is configured to:

perform the audio notification and visual notification to the user of the moving body when the obstacle is detected; and

stop only the audio notification among the audio notification and the visual notification in response to the notification stop input.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to cancel the stop of the notification, in at least one of a case where a traveling direction of the moving body is switched and a case where a notification stop cancellation input is received from the user of the moving body.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to receive the notification stop input during execution of the movement control and is configured not to stop the notification when the distance satisfies the predetermined condition.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to receive the notification stop input and stop the notification before execution of the movement control, and cancel the stop of the notification when the movement control is executed and the distance satisfies the predetermined condition.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the obstacle is the object that interferes with the immediate path in which the moving body is being controlled to autonomously exit or autonomously park.

9. A control method performed by a processor of a control device, comprising:

performing movement control for moving a moving body to a target movement position,

detecting an obstacle, which is an object that interferes with an immediate path in which the moving body travels within a certain period of time, in surroundings of the moving body,

performing notification to a user of the moving body when the obstacle is detected, wherein

the movement control is control for moving the moving body at a first speed or less, and

the control method further comprising:

stopping the notification in response to a notification stop input from the user of the moving body;

canceling the stop of the notification when a movement speed of the moving body is equal to or higher than a second speed; and

during execution of the movement control, canceling the stop of the notification when a distance between the moving body and the obstacle satisfies a predetermined condition, and continuing the stop of the notification when the distance does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a control program for causing a processor of a control device to execute a process, the process comprising:

performing movement control for moving a moving body to a target movement position,

detecting an obstacle, which is an object that interferes with an immediate path in which the moving body travels within a certain period of time, in surroundings of the moving body,

performing notification to a user of the moving body when the obstacle is detected, wherein

the movement control is control for moving the moving body at a first speed or less, and

the process further comprises:

stopping the notification in response to a notification stop input from the user of the moving body;

canceling the stop of the notification when a movement speed of the moving body is equal to or higher than a second speed; and

during execution of the movement control, canceling the stop of the notification when a distance between the moving body and the obstacle satisfies a predetermined condition, and continuing the stop of the notification when the distance does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: HARA, YUKI; WATANABE, TATSUYA
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-056574 · Mar 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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