US 12,459,515 B2
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Masashi Kanesaka, Tokyo (JP); Yuma Yoshida, Tokyo (JP); Daichi Kato, Tokyo (JP); Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Akio Futatsudera, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/588,004.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-045912 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0317233 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle;
a driving controller configured to execute driving control for controlling one or both of steering and a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation;
an incoming call determiner configured to determine presence or absence of an incoming call for an occupant of the vehicle; and
a notification controller configured to notify the occupant of information about an operation of the vehicle based on the driving control and information about the incoming call in a mode corresponding to a state of the driving control,
wherein the driving controller determines whether or not to make a lane change from a travel lane of the vehicle to an adjacent lane on the basis of a degree of progress of the control if the incoming call is present when control related to the lane change of the vehicle is executed.