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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nishiwaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device and a vehicle control method are configured: to perform passing vehicle determination to determine whether another vehicle is a passing vehicle, based on position data included in first communication data received from the other vehicle and also position data of an own-vehicle; to transmit second communication data including a result of the passing vehicle determination and the position data of the own-vehicle; and to perform oncoming vehicle determination to determine whether the other vehicle is an oncoming vehicle, based on the position data included in the second communication data received from the other vehicle and the position data of an own-vehicle.