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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Akio Sumizawa, Ibaraki, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
This vehicle control system () is configured from a vehicle control device () installed in a vehicle and a server () connected to the vehicle control device () via a network. The server () is equipped with: a virtual lane generation section which generates virtual lane information relating to a virtual lane virtually set on a road on the basis of at least the travelling locus of another vehicle other than the vehicle; and a server communication section () which transmits, to the vehicle control device, the virtual lane information generated by the virtual lane generation section. The vehicle control device () is equipped with: a vehicle communication section () which receives the virtual lane information from the server (); a target course generation section () which generates a target course of the vehicle on the basis of the virtual lane information; a vehicle control section () which causes the vehicle to move along the target course generated by the target track generation section ().