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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masayuki Nakatsuka, Wako, JP;
Kei Oshida, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01); G08G 1/207 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A road-condition determining unit determines the condition of a travelling road on which a vehicle is travelling. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, a stopping controller operates a braking mechanism to perform an automatic stop process of stopping the vehicle, and uses a steering mechanism to change the orientation of steered wheels of the vehicle in accordance with the condition of the travelling road which is determined by the road-condition determining unit when the automatic stop process is to end.