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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus is provided, comprising: a state switching unit that switches a state of a vehicle between a first state in which the vehicle accepts a driving manipulation and a second state in which the vehicle does not accept a driving manipulation; a distance acquiring unit that acquires a distance between the vehicle and an charging facility; and a switching control unit that causes the state switching unit to switch the state of the vehicle to the first state if the vehicle is in the second state and the distance between the vehicle and the charging facility is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.