Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Jens Nessler

Marcus Kleinehagenbrock

Robert Kastner

Christoph Kerkeling

A control system of a vehicle is provided. The control system includes a travelling plan database, stored with a future first travelling plan of a first vehicle and future second travelling plans of second vehicles, and disclosing the first and second travelling plans to a third party; a long distance communication unit; and a control unit. The control unit includes a matching component, querying the second vehicle that can be matched with the first vehicle to travel together on a specified road section with reference to travelling plans stored in the travelling plan database to compile a reservation table accordingly, and allowing a creator of the first travelling plan to perform platooning control on the specified road section according to the reservation table; and a pairing component, connecting the matched first vehicle and second vehicle through the long distance communication unit, so that the platooning control can be performed.

Control system of vehicle

A vehicle control apparatus includes an actuator used for traveling, an output device outputting information, and a microprocessor and a memory coupled to the microprocessor. The microprocessor performs capturing an image ahead of the vehicle, recognizing a traffic sign included in an imaging range of the captured image, controlling at least one of the output device and the actuator based on information of the recognized traffic sign, and determining whether the vehicle is traveling in a restricted section in which a predetermined travel restriction including at least one of a vehicle speed limit and overtaking limit is imposed temporarily. The microprocessor performs the controlling including controlling, when it is determined that the vehicle is traveling in the restricted section, at least one of the output device and the actuator without using the information of the traffic sign even if the traffic sign is recognized.

Vehicle control apparatus

The invention relates to a parking assistance device, comprising an autonomous vehicle detecting unit adapted to detect whether a parked vehicle is an autonomous vehicle () capable of moving autonomously, a parking space optimization area detecting unit adapted to detect at least one parking space optimization area (), a distance measuring unit adapted to measure a distance () in front of or behind the at least one autonomous vehicle (), a parking spot determining unit adapted to determine whether or not a subset of the distances () measured by the distance measuring unit is equal to or larger than a predetermined distance required for parking a host vehicle (), and a communication unit () adapted to output a movement command to the at least one parked autonomous vehicle (). The invention further relates to an according parking assistance method.

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Offenbach, Germany

Jens Nessler