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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Nxp B.v., AG Eindhoven, NL;
Eiichi Hojin, Hiroshima, JP;
Kiyoyuki Tsuchiyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Masato Ishibashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Hamano, Hiroshima, JP;
Tomotsugu Futa, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Horigome, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsushi Tasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Yosuke Hashimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Yusuke Kihara, Hiroshima, JP;
Arnaud Van Den Bossche, Munich, DE;
Ray Marshal, Glasgow, GB;
Leonardo Surico, Munich, DE;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
NXP B.V., AG Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: a signal processing IC unit that outputs image processing data; a recognition processing IC unit that performs recognition processing of the external environment of a vehicle to output external environment data obtained through the recognition processing; a judgment processing IC unit that performs judgment processing for cruise control of the vehicle; a power management unit capable of controlling an on or off state of a recognition function of the external environment of the vehicle in the recognition processing IC unit according to the conditions of the vehicle; and a bypass path for enabling data communications from the signal processing IC unit to the judgment processing IC unit without performing the recognition processing of the external environment of the vehicle by the recognition processing IC unit.