Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method

    公开(公告)号:US10967859B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16292493

    申请日:2019-03-05

    IPC分类号: B60W30/14 B60L7/10

    摘要: A vehicle control apparatus controls a vehicle that is performing automated driving traveling. The vehicle control apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to acquire deceleration information of another vehicle by communication with the other vehicle; a setting unit configured to set, for a deceleration of the vehicle, a range of an allowable deceleration that allows a vehicle speed change within a predetermined range; a determination unit configured to compare the deceleration of the vehicle with a deceleration included in the deceleration information and determine whether deceleration control of matching the deceleration of the vehicle with the deceleration of the other vehicle can be performed within the range of the allowable deceleration; and a control unit configured to perform the deceleration control of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit.

    VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190129424A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16175731

    申请日:2018-10-30

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00 G05D1/02 F16H61/02

    摘要: A vehicle control apparatus including a surrounding circumstances detector detecting surrounding circumstances of a self-driving vehicle and a microprocessor generating an action plan including a target path of the self-driving vehicle based on the surrounding circumstances detected and controlling a driving component so that the self-driving vehicle travels by self-driving in accordance with the action plan. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a hindrance time a first action plan is hindered when a second action plan is generated, determining whether the hindrance time is shorter than a predetermined time period, and controlling the driving component to keep a first state according to the first action plan when the hindrance time is shorter than the predetermined time period, while to change to a second state according to the second action plan when the hindrance time is longer than or equal to the predetermined time period.

    Vehicle control apparatus
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11110795B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16299281

    申请日:2019-03-12

    摘要: A vehicle control apparatus capable of executing control to cause a vehicle to automatically follow a preceding vehicle, includes a determination unit configured to determine, based on internal information of the vehicle, whether to request an increase of a cruising speed of the preceding vehicle during automatic following to the preceding vehicle, and a request transmission unit configured to transmit an increase request for requesting to increase the cruising speed of the preceding vehicle in a case in which the determination unit determines to request the increase of the cruising speed.

    TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20210163002A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US16770932

    申请日:2018-09-27

    摘要: A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle having a drive power source and a transmission installed in a power transmission path from the drive power source to drive wheels. The travel control apparatus includes a vehicle class detection part detecting a size class of a forward vehicle and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling the drive power source and the transmission so as to follow the forward vehicle, recognizing a vehicle type of the forward vehicle in accordance with the size class detected by the vehicle class detection part, and the controlling including controlling a speed ratio of the transmission in accordance with the vehicle type recognized in the recognizing.

    Vehicle travel control apparatus
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11009885B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-18

    申请号:US16264377

    申请日:2019-01-31

    摘要: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control a vehicle with a self-driving capability, including a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing a drive-mode of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector. The recognizing includes calculating a degree of variance of a vehicle speed or an acceleration of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector, and determining whether the forward vehicle is traveling in a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode based on the degree of variance calculated in the calculating.

    Vehicular control apparatus
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11084469B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US16173046

    申请日:2018-10-29

    摘要: A vehicular control apparatus includes: a drive power control unit that controls drive power from a drive unit that drives drive wheels of a vehicle; a brake switch (a brake action detection unit) that detects a brake action performed on a brake unit, the brake action including decelerating and stopping the vehicle; a wheelspin detection unit that detects spinning of the drive wheels; a time measurement unit that, when the drive wheels being stopped start to rotate, measures time elapsed since the start of the rotation; and a control unit that enables the wheelspin detection unit to perform detection after a preset detection disabled period elapses since the time measurement unit has started measuring the time.

    Vehicle travel control apparatus
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11008005B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-18

    申请号:US16264405

    申请日:2019-01-31

    摘要: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control an actuator for driving a vehicle with a self-driving capability so that the vehicle follows a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control apparatus includes a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the forward vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether the forward vehicle is cruising based on the traveling condition detected by the travel state detector, and controlling the actuator so that the vehicle travels in a normal mode, when it is determined that the forward vehicle is not cruising, and the vehicle follows the forward vehicle in a cruise mode with a fuel economy performance or quietness higher than in the normal mode, when the forward vehicle is cruising.

    Vehicle control apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10990098B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16175731

    申请日:2018-10-30

    摘要: A vehicle control apparatus including a surrounding circumstances detector detecting surrounding circumstances of a self-driving vehicle and a microprocessor generating an action plan including a target path of the self-driving vehicle based on the surrounding circumstances detected and controlling a driving component so that the self-driving vehicle travels by self-driving in accordance with the action plan. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a hindrance time a first action plan is hindered when a second action plan is generated, determining whether the hindrance time is shorter than a predetermined time period, and controlling the driving component to keep a first state according to the first action plan when the hindrance time is shorter than the predetermined time period, while to change to a second state according to the second action plan when the hindrance time is longer than or equal to the predetermined time period.