IP Library Granted Patent US 12,728,921
Granted Patent B2
US 12,728,921 · App. 18/894,411 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Yoshihiro Oniwa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62D15/0265
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Patent No.
US 12,728,921
App. No.
18/894,411
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, a driving state detector that detects a driving state including steering of an occupant of the host vehicle, a driving controller that executes steering control for supporting steering of the occupant when there is a probability that the host vehicle will come into contact with a surrounding obstacle on the basis of recognition results of the recognizer and steering of the occupant equal to or larger than a predetermined value has been detected by the driving state detector, and a limiter that adjusts a limit value related to steering of the occupant in accordance with a steering state of the occupant.

Claims (36)

1 . A vehicle control device comprising:

a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle;

a driving state detector that detects a driving state including steering of an occupant of the host vehicle;

a driving controller that executes steering control for supporting steering of the occupant when there is a probability that the host vehicle will come into contact with a surrounding obstacle on the basis of recognition results of the recognizer and steering of the occupant equal to or larger than a predetermined value has been detected by the driving state detector; and

a limiter that adjusts limit values related to steering of the occupant in accordance with a steering state of the occupant,

wherein the limit values comprise:

a first upper limit value with respect to steering when the steering control is not being performed, and

a second upper limit value with respect to steering during the steering control,

wherein the driving controller executes steering control such that a steering state during the steering control does not exceed the second upper limit value, and

wherein the limiter sets the second upper limit value within a predetermined range from a largest value of a steering state of the occupant detected by the driving state detector.

2 . The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the limiter adjusts the second upper limit value until a predetermined time elapses after the steering control has been executed.

3 . The vehicle control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the predetermined time is a time shorter than a time when the steering control is predicted to be executed.

4 . The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the limiter causes the adjusted second upper limit value to decrement so as to become close to the first upper limit value with an elapse of time.

5 . The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the limiter adjusts the second upper limit value in accordance with a steering state of the occupant when the steering state of the occupant detected by the driving state detector exceeds the first upper limit value.

6 . A vehicle control method in which a computer

recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle,

detects a driving state including steering of an occupant of the host vehicle,

executes steering control for supporting steering of the occupant when there is a probability that the host vehicle will come into contact with a surrounding obstacle on the basis of recognition results and steering of the occupant equal to or larger than a predetermined value has been detected, and

adjusts limit values related to steering of the occupant in accordance with a steering state of the occupant, wherein the limit values comprise:

a first upper limit value with respect to steering when the steering control is not being performed, and

a second upper limit value with respect to steering during the steering control,

wherein the executing of steering control comprises executing the steering control such that a steering state during the steering control does not exceed the second upper limit value, and

wherein the second upper limit value is within a predetermined range from a largest value of a steering state of the occupant.

7 . A computer readable non-transitory storage medium which stores a program causing a computer:

to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle,

to detect a driving state including steering of an occupant of the host vehicle,

to execute steering control for supporting steering of the occupant when there is a probability that the host vehicle will come into contact with a surrounding obstacle on the basis of recognition results and steering of the occupant equal to or larger than a predetermined value has been detected, and

to adjust limit values related to steering of the occupant in accordance with a steering state of the occupant, wherein the limit values comprise:

a first upper limit value with respect to steering when the steering control is not being performed, and

a second upper limit value with respect to steering during the steering control,

wherein the executing of steering control comprises executing the steering control such that a steering state during the steering control does not exceed the second upper limit value, and

wherein the second upper limit value is within a predetermined range from a largest value of a steering state of the occupant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: ONIWA, YOSHIHIRO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-169195 · Sep 29, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250108861A1 · Apr 3, 2025
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