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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Oniwa, Saitama, JP;
Daichi Kato, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize an environment in a vicinity of a vehicle; and a traveling control unit configured to execute a lane change of the vehicle based on a recognition result 1w the recognition unit. The traveling control unit selectively executes a lane change of the vehicle based on proposal information of a lane change output to a driver of the vehicle by the traveling control unit and a lane change of the vehicle not based on the proposal information in response to a first operation of the same content by the driver.