Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
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Application No.: US17217384Application Date: 2021-03-30
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Publication No.: US11673551B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Tadahiko Kanoh , Kunimichi Hatano , Tsubasa Shibauchi , Yuta Takada , Shogo Kobayashi
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier Shende & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Joseph P. Carrier; Jeffrey T. Gedeon
- Priority: JP 2020062585 2020.03.31
- Main IPC: B60W30/165
- IPC: B60W30/165 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W40/04 ; B60W40/105 ; B60W30/14

Abstract:
When following control that causes a user vehicle to follow a following target that is a first other vehicle travelling in a user path in which the user vehicle is travelling is being performed, a travel control section transitions from a state in which the first other vehicle is the following target to a state in which the first other vehicle is not the following target, and in a case where an outside recognizing section recognizes a second other vehicle, which is travelling in another path that is not the user path, the travel control section determines whether to set the second other vehicle as the following target based on a prescribed condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210300366A1 VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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