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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention enhances estimation accuracy of a travel distance to estimate a position of a host vehicle. A vehicle control deviceincludes front and rear camerasandand a measurement control unit. The front and rear camerasandare provided at front and rear of a vehicleto acquire information on an external world. The measurement control unitcalculate a travel distance of the vehicleduring traveling of the vehiclein a predetermined driving state based on the information of an identical characteristic objectacquired by the front cameraand the rear camera, the rear cameraacquiring the information of the identical characteristic objectafter the front cameraacquires the information.