Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11465648-B2
Application number	US-202016869611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2020
Priority date	May 13, 2019
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle control system includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle, and a driving controller that performs speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer. When moving the vehicle to a parking area after detecting that an occupant gets off the vehicle at a stop position, the driving controller adjusts a start timing for starting the vehicle based on the number of vehicles stopped at the stop position recognized by the recognizer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle control system comprising:
a hardware processor executing software, hardware including circuitry, or a cooperation of the software and the hardware configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle; and
a driving controller configured to perform speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware,
wherein, when moving the vehicle to a parking area after detecting that an occupant has got out of the vehicle at a stop position, the driving controller adjusts a start timing for starting the vehicle based on a number of vehicles stopped at the stop position recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware, and
when it is recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware that the number of vehicles is less than a reference, the driving controller delays the start timing, as compared to a case where it is recognized that the number of vehicles is more than the reference.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware has a function of recognizing a forgotten item in an interior of the vehicle, and
when it is recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware that the number of vehicles is less than the reference, the driving controller starts the vehicle after confirming that no forgotten items have been recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein, when it is recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware that the number of vehicles is less than the reference, the driving controller delays the start timing by a predetermined time, as compared to a case where it is recognized that the number of vehicles is more than the reference.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a notifier that notifies the occupant of the vehicle of various types of information,
wherein, when it is recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware that the number of vehicles at the stop position is less than the reference, the notifier notifies a larger number of confirmation items related to an action of the occupant, as compared to a case where it is recognized that the number of vehicles is more than the reference.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 4 , wherein, when it is recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware that the number of vehicles is more than the reference, the driving controller starts the vehicle while a notification of the confirmation items is being made by the notifier, and when it is recognized by the hardware processor, the hardware, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware that the number of vehicles is less than the reference, the driving controller starts the vehicle after the notification by the notifier is completed.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 5 , wherein, when starting the vehicle while the notification of the confirmation items is being made by the notifier, the driving controller allows the vehicle to travel a speed lower than a predetermined speed.

7. A vehicle control method implemented by a computer performing the steps of:
recognizing a surrounding environment of a vehicle;
performing speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result;
adjusting, when moving the vehicle to a parking area after detecting that an occupant gets off the vehicle at a stop position, a start timing for starting the vehicle based on a number of vehicles stopped at the recognized stop position, and
when it is recognized that the number of vehicles is less than a reference, delaying the start timing, as compared to a case where it is recognized that the number of vehicles is more than the reference.

8. A computer readable non-transitory storing medium storing a program causing a computer to perform the steps of:
recognizing a surrounding environment of a vehicle;
performing speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result;
adjusting, when moving the vehicle to a parking area after detecting that an occupant gets off the vehicle at a stop position, a start timing for starting the vehicle based on a number of vehicles stopped at the recognized stop position, and
when it is recognized that the number of vehicles is less than a reference, delaying the start timing, as compared to a case where it is recognized that the number of vehicles is more than the reference.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Noguchi Junpei
• Taguchi Ryoma
• Takada Yuta
• Sugihara Chie

Classifications

• B60W30/146

  Speed limiting · CPC title

• G06V20/59

  inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions · CPC title

• G06V2201/08

  Detecting or categorising vehicles · CPC title

• G06V20/56

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

• B60W30/18018 Primary

  Start-stop drive, e.g. in a traffic jam · CPC title