US 12,403,909 B2
Control device and control method
Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Wako (JP); Daichi Kato, Wako (JP); and Shingo Ito, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,182.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-050386 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303076 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device controlling a vehicle, comprising:
a control unit configured to execute controls including a lane change assist control of the vehicle;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire highly accurate map information that contains location information within a lane; and
a notifying unit configured to notify a passenger,
wherein the control unit is configured to:
in a case where a regular assist mode is set, execute acceleration/deceleration assist control of the vehicle and lane keeping assist control of the vehicle; and
in a case where an extended assist mode is set, execute the acceleration/deceleration assist control, the lane keeping assist control, and the lane change assist control,
when the acquisition unit acquires the highly accurate map information that contains information regarding a road on which the vehicle is running, the control unit is configured to be capable of executing the lane change assist control,
when the acquisition unit does not acquire the highly accurate map information that contains the information regarding a road on which the vehicle is running, the control unit does not execute the lane change assist control,
when the extended assist mode is set and the control unit is ready to execute the lane change assist control, the notifying unit is configured to notify the passenger that the control unit is ready to execute the lane change assist control, and
when the extended assist mode is set and the control unit does not execute the lane change assist control, the notifying unit is configured to notify the passenger that the control unit does not execute the lane change assist control.