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Vehicle control device, vehicle control method and computer program

  • US 20090192683A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2008
  • Published: 07/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle control device comprising:

  • a vehicle speed obtaining unit that obtains a vehicle speed of a host vehicle;

    an object distance obtaining unit that obtains a distance to an object ahead of the host vehicle;

    a collision judgment unit that determines whether or not there is a risk of a collision between the object and the host vehicle, based on the obtained vehicle speed and the obtained distance to the object;

    an avoidance judgment unit that, responsive to a determination by the collision judgment unit that there is a risk of a collision between the object and the host vehicle, determines whether the collision between the object and the host vehicle can be avoided through a steering operation based on whether or not there is an adjacent lane next to a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; and

    a braking control unit that executes braking control to decelerate the host vehicle responsive to a determination by the avoidance judgment unit that a collision between the object and the host vehicle cannot be avoided by a steering operation.

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