VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
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1. A vehicle control device adapted to at least partially carry out a travel control for a host vehicle by way of automated driving, comprising:
- a merging point detection unit adapted to detect a merging point during a congested state on a planned travel route of a host vehicle;
an entry space searching unit adapted to search for an entry space for the host vehicle within a merging destination lane that passes through the merging point, while the host vehicle is traveling by way of automated driving in a pre-merging lane that leads to the merging point detected by the merging point detection unit; and
a countermeasure control unit adapted to perform a merging control that causes the host vehicle to enter into the entry space in the event that a search result is obtained from the entry space searching unit which indicates that the entry space exists, or on the other hand, to perform a countermeasure control to contend with merging into the merging destination lane while continuing to automatically drive the host vehicle, in the event that a search result is obtained which indicates that an entry space does not exist.
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Abstract
A vehicle control device is equipped with a merging point detection unit adapted to detect a merging point during a congested state on a planned travel route of a host vehicle, an entry space searching unit adapted to search for an entry space for the host vehicle within a merging destination lane, a countermeasure control unit adapted to perform a countermeasure control to contend with merging into the merging destination lane while continuing to automatically drive the host vehicle, in the event that a search result is obtained which indicates that an entry space does not exist.
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1. A vehicle control device adapted to at least partially carry out a travel control for a host vehicle by way of automated driving, comprising:
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a merging point detection unit adapted to detect a merging point during a congested state on a planned travel route of a host vehicle; an entry space searching unit adapted to search for an entry space for the host vehicle within a merging destination lane that passes through the merging point, while the host vehicle is traveling by way of automated driving in a pre-merging lane that leads to the merging point detected by the merging point detection unit; and a countermeasure control unit adapted to perform a merging control that causes the host vehicle to enter into the entry space in the event that a search result is obtained from the entry space searching unit which indicates that the entry space exists, or on the other hand, to perform a countermeasure control to contend with merging into the merging destination lane while continuing to automatically drive the host vehicle, in the event that a search result is obtained which indicates that an entry space does not exist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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