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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Kishi, Wako, JP;
Yoshiaki Konishi, Wako, JP;
Toshiyuki Mizuno, Wako, JP;
Akira Kito, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus including a surrounding circumstances detector detecting surrounding circumstances of a self-driving vehicle and an electric control unit including a microprocessor configured to perform generating an action plan of the self-driving vehicle based on the surrounding circumstances and controlling the engine and the transmission so that the self-driving vehicle travels by self-driving in accordance with the action plan. The generating includes generating a first action plan and a second action plan, the first action plan including target position data of the self-driving vehicle, the second action plan including an acceleration instruction to a target vehicle speed not including the target position data, and the controlling includes controlling the engine and the transmission, so that the self-driving vehicle accelerates to the target vehicle speed at a target torque minimizing a fuel consumption quantity per unit travel distance when the second action plan is generated.