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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2019
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Mizuno, Wako, JP;
Takayuki Kishi, Wako, JP;
Yoshiaki Konishi, Wako, JP;
Makoto Kurihara, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus controls a vehicle that is performing automated driving traveling. The vehicle control apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to acquire deceleration information of another vehicle by communication with the other vehicle; a setting unit configured to set, for a deceleration of the vehicle, a range of an allowable deceleration that allows a vehicle speed change within a predetermined range; a determination unit configured to compare the deceleration of the vehicle with a deceleration included in the deceleration information and determine whether deceleration control of matching the deceleration of the vehicle with the deceleration of the other vehicle can be performed within the range of the allowable deceleration; and a control unit configured to perform the deceleration control of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit.