VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20170308090A1
• Filed: 04/17/2017
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: ASAKURA, Masahiko
• Application Number:
  US15/488,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20170308090A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/04 including control of propulsion units
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/408 Radar; Laser, e.g. lidar
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/202 Steering torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/244 Charge state
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/105 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/14 Yaw
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2530/209 Fuel quantity remaining in tank
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/18 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/215 Selection or confirmation of options
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/20 Road profile, i.e. the change in elevation or curvature of a plurality of continuous road segments
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/801 Lateral distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/802 Longitudinal distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/40 High definition maps
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/20 Steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/10 : Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18163 : Lane change; Overtaking manoeuvres
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/182 : Selecting between different operative modes, e.g. comfort and performance modes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/188 : Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/0097 : Predicting future conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/082 : Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 : Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0023 : in response to energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0051 : from occupants to vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0053 : from vehicle to occupant
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 : Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/86 : Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 : of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 : Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/485 : whereby the further system is an optical system or imaging system
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9323 : Alternative operation using light waves
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0217 : in accordance with energy consumption, time reduction or distance reduction criteria
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/84 : Data processing systems or methods, management, administration

Abstract

One of objectives of the present invention is to derive a timing of energy supply in an automatic driving process with a better precision. A vehicle control system of the present invention comprises: an automatic driving control part, automatically performing at least one of velocity control and steering control of a vehicle, thereby automatically driving the vehicle to a set destination; a deriving part, deriving the energy predicted to be consumed during automatic driving on a guide path from a current position of the vehicle to the destination; and a judging part, judging whether the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy until the vehicle arrives at the destination based on the energy derived by the deriving part.

Claims

1. A vehicle control system, comprising

an automatic driving control part, automatically performing at least one of velocity control and steering control of a vehicle, thereby automatically driving the vehicle to a set destination;

a deriving part, deriving energy predicted to be consumed during automatic driving on a guide path from a current position of the vehicle to the destination; and

a judging part, judging whether the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy until the vehicle arrives at the destination based on the energy derived by the deriving part.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an information providing part, providing information for a vehicle passenger when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein

the automatic driving control part executes one of multiple modes in which the energy consumptions of the vehicle are different so as to automatically perform at least one of the velocity control and steering control of the vehicle, and executing a burnup inhibition mode in which the energy consumption is less than that of the mode being executed in the multiple modes when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 2, wherein

the automatic driving control part executes one of multiple modes in which the energy consumptions of the vehicle are different so as to automatically perform at least one of the velocity control and steering control of the vehicle, and executing a burnup inhibition mode in which the energy consumption is less than that of the mode being executed in the multiple modes when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 3, wherein

the deriving part derives the energy predicted to be consumed during burnup inhibition when the automatic driving control part executes the burnup inhibition mode, and

the judging part further judges whether the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy based on the energy during burnup inhibition derived from the deriving part.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 4, wherein

the deriving part derives the energy predicted to be consumed during burnup inhibition when the automatic driving control part executes the burnup inhibition mode, and

the judging part further judges whether the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy based on the energy during burnup inhibition derived from the deriving part.

7. The vehicle control system according to claim 3, wherein

when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy, the information providing part provides the information permitting to change the mode executed by the automatic driving control part into the burnup inhibition mode to the vehicle passenger, and

the automatic driving control part changes the executed mode into the burnup inhibition mode when the vehicle passenger permits to change into the burnup inhibition mode.

8. The vehicle control system according to claim 4, wherein

when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy, the information providing part provides the information permitting to change the mode executed by the automatic driving control part into the burnup inhibition mode to the vehicle passenger, and

the automatic driving control part changes the executed mode into the burnup inhibition mode when the vehicle passenger permits to change into the burnup inhibition mode.

9. The vehicle control system according to claim 5, wherein

when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy, the information providing part provides the information permitting to change the mode executed by the automatic driving control part into the burnup inhibition mode to the vehicle passenger, and

the automatic driving control part changes the executed mode into the burnup inhibition mode when the vehicle passenger permits to change into the burnup inhibition mode.

10. The vehicle control system according to claim 6, wherein

when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy, the information providing part provides the information permitting to change the mode executed by the automatic driving control part into the burnup inhibition mode to the vehicle passenger, and

the automatic driving control part changes the executed mode into the burnup inhibition mode when the vehicle passenger permits to change into the burnup inhibition mode.

11. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a setting part, setting a location where an energy supply facility exists into a temporary destination when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy, and

the automatic driving control part causes the vehicle to automatically driving to the destination set by the setting part.

12. The vehicle control system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a setting part, setting a location where an energy supply facility exists into a temporary destination when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy, and

the automatic driving control part causes the vehicle to automatically driving to the destination set by the setting part.

13. The vehicle control system according to claim 11, further comprising:

an operation part, operated by the vehicle passenger, and

the setting part decides a priority condition setting the temporary destination on priority based on an operation on the operation part, and sets the energy supply facility meeting the determined priority condition into the temporary destination.

14. The vehicle control system according to claim 12, further comprising:

an operation part, operated by the vehicle passenger, and

the setting part decides a priority condition setting the temporary destination on priority based on an operation on the operation part, and sets the energy supply facility meeting the determined priority condition into the temporary destination.

15. The vehicle control system according to claim 12, wherein

when the information providing part provides prescribed information for the vehicle passenger if no energy supply facility exists around the guide path when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy.

16. The vehicle control system according to claim 14, wherein

when the information providing part provides prescribed information for the vehicle passenger if no energy supply facility exists around the guide path when the judging part judges that the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy.

17. A vehicle control method, by which a vehicle-mounted computer:

automatically performs at least one of velocity control and steering control of a vehicle, thereby automatically driving the vehicle to a set destination,

derives the energy predicted to be consumed during automatic driving on a guide path from a current position of the vehicle to the destination, and

judges whether the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy until the vehicle arrives at the destination based on the derived energy.

18. A vehicle control program,

enabling a vehicle-mounted computer to perform following processing:

automatically performing at least one of velocity control and steering control of a vehicle, thereby automatically driving the vehicle to a set destination;

deriving the energy predicted to be consumed during automatic driving on a guide path from a current position of the vehicle to the destination; and

judging whether the vehicle needs to be supplied with energy until the vehicle arrives at the destination based on the energy derived by the deriving part.