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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control method is provided for the suppression of electric power supplied from a battery to other electrical equipment in the event an alternator fails during automatic driving by use of automatic driving electrical equipment. The vehicle control method includes detecting surrounding information of the vehicle in an event the alternator fails during automatic driving by use of the automatic driving electrical equipment, estimating electric power to be consumed by the automatic driving electrical equipment until the vehicle stops based on a plan for stopping the vehicle in a safe location in accordance with the surrounding information that was detected, and reducing the electric power supplied from the battery to the other electrical equipment apart from the automatic driving electrical equipment as the estimated amount of electric power increases.