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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2017
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroshi Ohmura, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of efficiently performing vehicle control for safe driving assistance. A vehicle control device (ECU) () mounted in a vehicle is configured to: detect a stopped vehicle () located forward of the vehicle () in a traveling lane of the vehicle (); set a speed distribution area () which defines a distribution of an allowable upper limit value of a relative speed of the vehicle () with respect to the stopped vehicle (); detect a traveling state of a vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane of the vehicle (); and, based on the traveling state of the vehicle in the adjacent lane and the speed distribution area () with respect to the stopped vehicle (), execute an avoidance control of avoiding a collision with the stopped vehicle ().