The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Katsuya Yashiro, Wako, JP;

Toshiyuki Kaji, Wako, JP;

Toru Kokaki, Wako, JP;

Masanori Takeda, Wako, JP;

Hiroshi Oguro, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control system includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires an index value relating to easiness of merging which is evaluated on the basis of at least one of vehicle information relating to an operation of another vehicle that has advanced from a merging lane to a main lane before a subject vehicle and external system information acquired near a merging point using the other vehicle in a case in which the subject vehicle is running in the merging lane merging into the main lane; and an automated driving control unit that executes automated driving of the subject vehicle on the basis of the index value acquired by the information acquiring unit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…