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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Katsuya Yashiro, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle controller includes: a recognition unit that recognizes a surrounding state of a subject vehicle traveling in a road lane; an area specification unit that specifies a specific area in the lane in which the subject vehicle travels; and a driving control part that controls the subject vehicle with respect to a vehicle traveling ahead thereof, based on a result recognized b the recognition unit. The driving control part determines a condition of shifting from a first support status to a second support status such that there is a vehicle traveling ahead of the subject vehicle in the lane; and, if the subject vehicle enters the specific area at the first support status, the subject vehicle keeps the first support status, and if the subject vehicle enters the specific area at the second support status, shifts the support status from the second to the first support status.


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