Vehicle Control Apparatus and Vehicle Control Method
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus that performs driving assist control on an entrance ramp or an exit ramp connected to a main road having a different safe cruising speed limit than the entrance ramp or the exit ramp. The control apparatus includes a broken line detecting device that detects a broken line marked on the road and divides the main road and the entrance ramp or the exit ramp and a controller that determines a control zone of the driving assist control based on the broken line detection results from the broken line detecting device. For example, the vehicle control apparatus detects the broken line that divides a main road and an exit ramp using the broken line detecting device and starts driving assist control using the controller when it is detected that an accelerator pedal has been released.
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28 Claims
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17. A vehicle control apparatus which performs driving assist control on an entrance ramp or an exit ramp connected to a main road having a different safe cruising speed limit than the entrance ramp or the exit ramp, comprising:
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a broken line detecting device that detects a broken line which is marked on the road and divides the main road and the entrance ramp or the exit ramp; and
that comprises a back camera which is mounted to a rear portion of a vehicle body and which captures an image of a road surface; anda controller which determines a control zone of the driving assist control based on a broken line detection result from the broken line detecting device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A vehicle control method for performing driving assist control on an entrance ramp or an exit ramp connected to a main road having a different safe cruising speed limit than the entrance ramp or the exit ramp, comprising:
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detecting a broken line that is marked on the road and that divides the main road and the entrance ramp or the exist ramp; and determining a control zone of the driving assist control based on a broken line detection result, wherein the detecting a broken line comprises capturing an image of a road surface using a back camera which is mounted to a rear portion of a vehicle body.
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