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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Satoshi Koike, Wako, JP;

Ryuichi Hata, Wako, JP;

Naoyuki Kubo, Wako, JP;

Takayuki Sakata, Wako, JP;

Masayasu Yoshida, Wako, JP;

Mitsuru Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;

Seiichi Kato, Tokyo, JP;

Masanori Yoshihira, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/0013 (2020.02); B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); B60W 60/00253 (2020.02);
Abstract

A control device of a vehicle is provided. The device controls travelling of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows another vehicle based on information received from the other vehicle; and determines whether to allow the vehicle to start to follow another vehicle based on at least one of whether a user of the vehicle is inside the vehicle or an instruction from the user. The processor starts to follow another vehicle in a case where the travel control circuit is allowed to follow the other vehicle.


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