Vehicle control system and control method of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11225256-B2
Application number	US-201916558423-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2019
Priority date	Sep 11, 2018
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle control system provided with a first detection unit and a second detection unit, which are configured to acquire peripheral information of a self-vehicle, comprises: a control unit that performs traveling control of the self-vehicle using the peripheral information, wherein when switching from a first traveling state using peripheral information detected by the first detection unit to a second traveling state using peripheral information detected by the second detection unit is performed, the control unit suppresses a control amount based on the peripheral information of the self-vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle control system provided with a first detection unit and a second detection unit, which are configured to acquire peripheral information of a self-vehicle, comprising:
a controller including at least one processor and at least one storage device and configured to perform traveling control of the self-vehicle using the peripheral information,
wherein after switching from a first traveling state in which the first detection unit is used for acquiring the peripheral information and the second detection unit is not used for acquiring the peripheral information to a second traveling state in which the second detection unit is used for acquiring the peripheral information and the first detection unit is not used for acquiring the peripheral information, the controller is configured to suppress a control amount in the second traveling state based on a detection of an object which is detected by the second detection unit and was detected by the first detection unit in the first traveling state.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first detection unit and the second detection unit comprise a first camera and a second camera, whose image capturing ranges at least partially overlap, and
the first camera and the second camera are provided at different positions in a width direction of the self-vehicle.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the object is a line marked on a road,
in the first traveling state, the controller is configured to perform a lane maintaining control of the self-vehicle based on the line detected by the first detection unit,
in the second traveling state, the controller is configured to perform the lane maintaining control of the self-vehicle based on the line detected by the second detection unit,
the control amount is a control amount concerning steering in the lane maintaining control of the self-vehicle,
after switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state, the controller is configured to determine whether a difference between a position of the line detected by the first detection unit before the switching and a position of the line detected by the second detection unit after the switching is not smaller than a predetermined threshold, and
the controller is configured to suppress the control amount when the controller determines that the difference is not smaller than the predetermined threshold.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein after switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state, the controller suppresses the control amount in a predetermined time.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein after switching from the first traveling stated to the second traveling state, the controller suppresses the control amount until the self-vehicle travels a predetermined distance.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral information includes a position of a white line on a road on which the self-vehicle travels.

7. A control method of a vehicle provided with a first detection unit and a second detection unit, which are configured to acquire peripheral information of a self-vehicle, comprising:
switching a traveling state of the self-vehicle from a first traveling state in which the first detection unit is used for acquiring the peripheral information and the second detection unit is not used for acquiring the peripheral information to a second traveling state in which the second detection unit is used for acquiring the peripheral information and the first detection unit is not used for acquiring the peripheral information; and
performing traveling control by suppressing a control amount in the second traveling state based on a detection of an object which is detected by the second detection unit and was detected by the first detection unit in the first traveling state.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ochida Jun

Classifications

• B60W40/04

  Traffic conditions · CPC title

• G06V20/56

  exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle · CPC title

• B60W2554/00

  Input parameters relating to objects · CPC title

• B60W50/082

  Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling · CPC title

• B60W30/09

  Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering · CPC title