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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takao Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control device configured to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle based on the recognized surrounding situation and map information; determine a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode; change the driving mode of the vehicle to a driving mode imposing a heavier task when the task of the determined driving mode is not performed by the driver; determine whether or not a determination angle is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, whether or not a determination distance is equal to or larger than a second threshold value, and whether or not a forward region of the vehicle corresponds to a predetermined region; and change the second driving mode to the first driving mode depending on the determination.