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Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program

US10691123B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 2016
Grant dateJun 23, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2556/55
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle control system including: an acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a traffic situation of an advancing direction destination of a subject vehicle; a prediction unit is configured to predict a future state related to the subject vehicle or the periphery of the subject vehicle with reference to the traffic situation that is acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that is configured to perform vehicle control, and is configured to suppress switching or release of the vehicle control in a case where the prediction unit is configured to predict that the vehicle control will return to a state before the switching or the release is performed within a predetermined period or within a predetermined travel distance after the switching or the release of the vehicle control is performed.

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