Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium

• Main Authors: SHIKAMA MAHITO, KIRYU HIRONOBU, ONIWA YOSHIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 22.10.2019
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a storage medium with which it is possible to perform driving control that matches traffic flow. The vehicle control device includes a recognizer (130) configured to recognize content of a traffic sign corresponding to a road on which a vehicle is present; and a driving controller (140, 160) configured to perform driving control for controlling one or both of steering or acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the content of the traffic sign recognized by the recognizer, wherein the driving controller is configured to operate at least in one of a first control state and a second control state in which an automation rate is higher than the first control state or a lower level of task is required of an occupant than thefirst control state, and the driving controller is configured not to suppress operation in the second control state if the traffic sign recognized by the recognizer is a sign indicating a speed limitequal to or higher than a