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Patent No.:

US 12594993 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2024

Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tomotaka Teramachi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Yi-Kai Wang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/0255 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control device recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, controls steering of the vehicle such that the vehicle proceeds along a route on the basis of the surrounding situation and the route along which the vehicle is scheduled to proceed, determines whether or not to cause the vehicle to make a lane change from a traveling lane in which the vehicle is traveling to a branch lane branching from the traveling lane on the basis of a situation on a road shoulder in front of the branch lane when the vehicle is scheduled to proceed from the traveling lane to the branch lane, causes the vehicle to automatically make the lane change when it is determined to make the lane change, and causes the vehicle not to automatically make the lane change when it is determined not to make the lane change.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Teramachi, Tomotaka. (2026). Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 12594993). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12594993

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