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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2554/804 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a vehicle control apparatus mounted on a lead vehicle sets a smaller value of a first acceleration limit value determined based on specifications regarding running of a first following vehicle and a basic acceleration limit value determined based on specifications regarding running of the lead vehicle as a set acceleration limit value of the lead vehicle, and outputs an acceleration instruction for controlling a braking apparatus or a driving apparatus after limiting it according to the set acceleration limit value.