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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Daichi Kato, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: generating an action plan so that the subject vehicle moves from the first lane to the second lane according to a mode of the lane change when it is determined that the lane change is necessary. The target route includes a branching road in which the second lane is adjacent to the first lane from a first point to a second point ahead of the first point in a traveling direction and the second lane is separated from the first lane behind the second point. The deciding including deciding, based on a length from the first point to the second point, the mode of the lane change to be a first mode or a second mode having a different reference position for determining a start position of control of the lane change each other.