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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Yamashita, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Shingo Kawahara, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Sumiaki Hazama, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Yoshimasa Okabe, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle including a vehicle control device is disclosed. The vehicle control device determines whether an object is a preceding vehicle and whether a brake light of the preceding vehicle is on or off. When the object is a preceding vehicle and its brake light is on, the vehicle control device transmits a braking request that instructs a braking control device to stop the vehicle at a position at which an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or larger than a first distance. When the object is a preceding vehicle and its brake light is off, the vehicle control device transmits a braking request that instructs the braking control device to stop the vehicle at a position at which the inter-vehicle distance is equal to or larger than a second distance being smaller than the first distance.