Vehicle control apparatus

US10048699B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP
• THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO · JP
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY · JP

Inventors

• Hideo Inoue · Miura, JP
• Masahiro Mio · Susono, JP
• Masayuki OKUWA · Nagakute, JP
• Tsukasa Shimizu · Nagakute, JP
• Minoru Kamata · Tokorozawa, JP
• Takuma ITO · Shizuoka, JP
• Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak · Fuchu, JP
• Masao Nagai · Norcross, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C3/08
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus includes: a storage apparatus configured to store a steering modification point of a vehicle and a vehicle speed target point of the vehicle that are associated with map information; and an electronic control unit configured to: detect a position of the vehicle; detect a travel direction of the vehicle; calculate a lane travel distance, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; generate, lane travel map data, a target direction of the vehicle, and a target vehicle speed of the vehicle, on the basis of the map information, the steering modification point, the vehicle speed target point, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; and output a control signal to control the vehicle on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the lane travel distance of the vehicle, and the lane travel map data.