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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamada, Wako, JP;
Makoto Katayama, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer () that recognizes an object present around a host vehicle; and an apparatus operation controller () that determines whether the object is recognized in a predetermined target area by the recognizer and causes an onboard apparatus to perform a predetermined operation when it is determined that an object has been recognized by the recognizer. The predetermined target area is set around the host vehicle, and the apparatus operation controller determines whether the host vehicle enters or has entered a predetermined branching point and lowers a level of the predetermined operation performed by the onboard apparatus when it is determined that the host vehicle enters or has entered the predetermined branching point.