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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Ryoh Inaba, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Horita, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes a peripheral state detection sensor and one or more controllers. The peripheral state detection sensor detects a peripheral state of a host vehicle. The one or more controllers calculate a blind-spot region around the host vehicle based on the peripheral state of the host vehicle and estimate an object existing in the calculated blind-spot and a behavior trend of the object. The one or more controllers generate a region having a potential risk that the host vehicle approaches the object. The one or more controllers generate a lane-change trajectory of the host vehicle, compare the generated lane-change trajectory with a potential risk map, and determine whether or not lane change of this host vehicle is possible. The one or more controllers control an operation of the host vehicle in accordance with the determination of whether or not the lane change is possible.