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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiro Kojima, Wako, JP;
Katsuyasu Yamane, Wako, JP;
Tomonori Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Gaku Shimamoto, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/04 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 28/12 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/04 (2013.01); B60K 28/12 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller that, if a predetermined state transition condition is satisfied, makes a state transition of a vehicle from a drive possible state to a drive impossible state. The vehicle control device includes a vehicle occupant detection unit that detects a vehicle occupant in the vehicle. The vehicle controller makes the state transition to the drive impossible state that is different depending on a detection result from the vehicle occupant detection unit.