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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2020
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Ryoh Inaba, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle control device capable of ensuring safety and ride comfort. The device includes: a self-location estimation processing unitestimating self location (absolute position information on a map) of a vehicle by matching sensor information obtained from external sensorstomounted in the vehicle with map information including future information as a point group; a solid object movement predicting unitpredicting movement of an object as a factor of obstructing the matching with the map information; and a driving movement candidate generating unit (driving movement planning unit)making a driving movement plan of the vehicle on the basis of a result of predicting movement of the obstructive factor object, a result of presuming a road situation at future time, and an estimation result of a position error of the vehicle at future time.