US 12,240,443 B2
Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and vehicle control system
Katsuhiko Hashimoto, Ibaraki (JP); Satoru Matsuda, Ibaraki (JP); and Satoshi Kashiwamura, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/641,275
Filed by Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026819
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/059670, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-177003 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289174 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/068 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
a control portion configured to carry out a calculation based on input information and output a result of the calculation,
wherein the control portion
acquires a first collision risk, the first collision risk being information regarding a risk of a collision with an obstacle based on a relative distance and a relative speed between the obstacle ahead of the vehicle that is acquired by an external world perception portion, and the vehicle,
outputs a first control instruction for autonomously applying a braking force to the vehicle based on the first collision risk,
acquires a second collision risk into which the first collision risk is updated after the braking force is autonomously applied to the vehicle according to the first control instruction,
outputs a second control instruction for autonomously applying a force regarding steering to the vehicle based on the second collision risk, and
outputs a third control instruction for controlling the braking force to be generated on a wheel portion of the vehicle based on the second collision risk after the force regarding the steering is autonomously applied to the vehicle according to the second control instruction, wherein
the third control instruction is a control instruction for reducing a braking force on a turning outer wheel in the wheel portion, and
if the vehicle is determined to have avoided the obstacle:
i) and an operation is performed by a passenger of the vehicle after the third control instruction is output, the control portion outputs a fourth control instruction for reducing the braking force on the turning outer wheel and a braking force on a turning inner wheel in the wheel portion, or
ii) within the same traffic lane and no operation is performed by a passenger of the vehicle after the third control instruction is output, the control portion outputs a fifth control instruction for increasing the braking force on the turning outer wheel, or
iii) by moving to an adjacent traffic lane and no operation is performed by a passenger of the vehicle after the third control instruction is output, the control portion outputs a sixth control instruction for increasing the braking force on the turning outer wheel when the presence of another vehicle cannot be confirmed behind the vehicle, and if the vehicle is determined to have avoided the obstacle by moving to the adjacent traffic lane and no operation is performed by the passenger of the vehicle after the third control instruction is output, the control portion outputs a seventh control instruction for increasing the braking force on the turning outer wheel and reducing a braking force on a turning inner wheel in the wheel portion when the presence of the another vehicle can be confirmed behind the vehicle.