VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
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Abstract
A navigation system acquired information relating to a point, such as a sag where a decrease in vehicle speed is induced in front of a system-mounted vehicle. When the system-mounted vehicle has reached a predetermined distance from the sag concerning the information acquired by the navigation system or when a predetermined time has come before reaching the sag, an ECU and an ACC controls the traveling of the system-mounted vehicle such that the inter-vehicle distance from an ordinary vehicle behind the system-mounted vehicle increases. Therefore, even when a vehicle control device is not mounted in an ordinary vehicle behind the system-mounted vehicle, it becomes possible to prevent a decrease in the speed of the ordinary vehicle behind the system-mounted vehicle, thereby more effectively suppressing congestion.
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30 Claims
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13. A vehicle control device comprising:
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information acquisition unit for acquiring information relating to a vehicle speed decreasing point where a decrease in vehicle speed is induced in front of a host vehicle; and traveling control unit for, at least one of when the host vehicle has reached a predetermined distance before the vehicle speed decreasing point concerning the information acquired by the information acquisition unit and when a predetermined time has come before the host vehicle reaches the vehicle speed decreasing point concerning the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, controlling the traveling of the host vehicle such that the inter-vehicle distance from another vehicle behind the host vehicle increases. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vehicle control method comprising:
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a step of acquiring information relating to a vehicle speed decreasing point where a decrease in vehicle speed is induced in front of a host vehicle; and at least one of when the host vehicle has reached a predetermined distance before the vehicle speed decreasing point concerning the information acquired in the step of acquiring the information and when a predetermined time has come before the host vehicle reaches the vehicle speed decreasing point concerning the information acquired in the step of acquiring the information, a step of controlling the traveling of the host vehicle such that the inter-vehicle distance from another vehicle behind the host vehicle increases. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A vehicle control system comprising:
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information acquisition unit for acquiring information relating to a vehicle speed decreasing point where a decrease in vehicle speed is induced; and traveling control unit for, at least one of when one vehicle has reached a predetermined distance before the vehicle speed decreasing point concerning the information acquired by the information acquisition unit and when a predetermined time has come before the one vehicle reaches the vehicle speed decreasing point concerning the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, controlling the traveling of the one vehicle such that the inter-vehicle distance from another vehicle behind the one vehicle increases. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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