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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.

Patent No.:

US 11312396 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2020

Vehicle control system

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kanta Tsuji, Wako, JP;

Tadashi Naruse, Wako, JP;

Atsushi Ishioka, Wako, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Todd Melton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0051 (2020.02); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0255 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a vehicle control system () configured for autonomous driving, and having a control unit () configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, the control unit determines if a person is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle according to information obtained by a surrounding condition acquiring unit (), the control unit causing the external notification device () to generate the acoustic notification at a first notification volume when a person is present within the predetermined range, and at a second notification volume higher than the first notification volume when a person is not present within the predetermined range.

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