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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kunimichi Hatano, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: an automatic driving control unit that executes a first driving mode in which at least one of acceleration/deceleration, and steering of a host vehicle is automatically controlled in order for the host vehicle to travel along a route up to a destination; and a specific situation transition control unit that encourages a vehicle occupant of the host vehicle to transition to a second driving mode in which the degree of automatic driving is lower in comparison to the first driving mode by decelerating the host vehicle in a case of terminating execution of the first driving mode at a scheduled termination point of the first driving mode.