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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroki Ota, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control apparatus capable of preventing sudden deceleration of a vehicle to be controlled even in a case of failure to recognize a step condition at a predetermined position. The vehicle control apparatusis mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle control apparatusincludes a position acquisition unit Fconfigured to acquire a position of the vehicle, a route acquisition unit Fconfigured to acquire a planned route of the vehicle, a recognition unit Fconfigured to recognize a stop condition included in image data Dg from an imaging device, a range setting unit Fconfigured to set a recognizable range for the stop condition in the planned route, a speed calculation unit Fconfigured to calculate a braking speed of the vehicle, the braking speed allowing the vehicle to stop at a stop position corresponding to the stop condition without an acceleration of the vehicle during deceleration exceeding a set value, and a traveling control unit Fconfigured to control a speed of the vehicle to the braking speed when the position of the vehicle is included in the recognizable range and the recognition unit fails to recognize the stop condition.