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US 12,397,788 · App. 18/517,171 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Yuki Imanishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60W30/12B60W10/20B60W50/14B60W2510/202
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Patent No.
US 12,397,788
App. No.
18/517,171
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device includes a storage medium configured to store a computer-readable instruction and a processor connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instruction, thereby recognizing a surrounding situation of a vehicle, generating a target route of the vehicle on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation and performing steering control of the vehicle along the target route, and stopping, by the processor, the steering control when it is determined that a deviation between a traveling position of the vehicle and the target route is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and a time taken until the vehicle deviates from the traveling lane of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.

Claims (29)

1. A vehicle control device comprising:

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

a processor connected to the storage medium,

wherein the processor executes the computer-readable instruction, thereby recognizing a surrounding situation of a vehicle,

generating a target route of the vehicle on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation and performing steering control of the vehicle along the target route, and

stopping, by the processor, the steering control when it is determined that a deviation between a traveling position of the vehicle and the target route is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and a time taken until the vehicle deviates from the traveling lane of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor causes a warning device to operate when it is determined that the time taken until the vehicle deviates from the traveling lane of the vehicle is equal to or less than a warning transmission time, and

the predetermined time is a time longer than the warning transmission time.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined time is a time longer than the warning transmission time during the steering control.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined time is a time shorter than the warning transmission time while the steering control is stopped.

5. The vehicle control device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the warning transmission time while the steering control is stopped is set to one of a first time and a second time longer than the first time, and

the predetermined time is set as a time between the first time and the second time.

6. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when the time is equal to or less than the predetermined time and it is determined that steering of the occupant of the vehicle is detected, even if a traveling position of the vehicle changes to a position where the time is longer than the predetermined time, the processor continuously determines that the time is equal to or less than the predetermined time while the steering of the occupant is detected.

7. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the steering control is a control that applies a reaction force to a steering torque applied by an occupant of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to travel along the traveling lane.

8. A vehicle control method comprising:

by a computer,

recognizing a surrounding situation of a vehicle;

generating a target route of the vehicle on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation and performing steering control of the vehicle along the target route, and

stopping the steering control when it is determined that a deviation between a traveling position of the vehicle and the target route is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and a time taken until the vehicle deviates from the traveling lane of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.

9. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute:

recognizing a surrounding situation of a vehicle;

generating a target route of the vehicle on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation and performing steering control of the vehicle along the target route, and

stopping the steering control when it is determined that a deviation between a traveling position of the vehicle and the target route is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and a time taken until the vehicle deviates from the traveling lane of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: IMANISHI, YUKI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065806/0443 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-188375 · Nov 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240174224A1 · May 30, 2024
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