VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

• Main Authors: Kitagawa, Eiki, Nakatsuru, Yoshiki, Akahane, Satoru, Aotani, Yoshihiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.02.2024
• 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 has a processor configured to detect an other vehicle in a detection mode 1 in a visual field boundary zone, detect the other vehicle in a detection mode 2 with higher precision in a zone other than the visual field boundary zone, and, when a merging terrain exists and the other vehicle has been detected in the visual field boundary zone, generate a plan to control the speed of the own vehicle in a first deceleration mode 1 until the other vehicle is detected in a zone other than the visual field boundary zone, or when the merging terrain exists and the other vehicle has been detected in a zone other than the visual field boundary zone, generate a plan to carry out space creation processing, whereby a space allowing the other vehicle to move from the adjacent lane is created.