Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
US11014554B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 26, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/166
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a vehicle control apparatus, an object recognizing block recognizes an object which is present around a vehicle. In cases where there is a possibility that the vehicle will collide with an object recognized by the object recognizing block, the apparatus performs automatic braking control which brakes the vehicle. If the driver depresses the accelerator pedal in a predetermined depressing state, a braking controlling block cancels the automatic braking control. When an operation determining block determines that there is a driver's predetermined shift-lever position change, with which the driver's predetermined shift-lever position change is carried out during a driver's accelerator pedal depressing operation, the braking controlling block responds to a driver's accelerator depressing operation by not cancelling the automatic braking control or by making cancellation of the automatic braking control more difficult.
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