Vehicle control system, vehicle control method and vehicle control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017313313-A1
Application number	US-201715488528-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 17, 2017
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Nov 2, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

One of objectives of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control system, a vehicle control method and a vehicle control program, which can properly perform control related to automatic driving based on the energy of the vehicle. The vehicle control system comprises: an automatic driving control part, executing automatic driving performing automatic driving of at least one of velocity control and steering control of an automatic vehicle, and a function limiting part, limiting functions related to automatic driving when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient due to automatic driving.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle control system, comprising
an automatic driving control part, performing automatic driving of at least one of velocity control and steering control of a vehicle, and a function limiting part, limiting functions related to the automatic driving when energy of the vehicle is insufficient due to the automatic driving.

2 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the function limiting part limits the functions related to automatic driving specific to each control direction viewed from the vehicle in the automatic driving.

3 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the function limiting part causes the control based on a front side condition of the vehicle to be on priority while limiting the functions related to automatic driving along with insufficiency of the energy.

4 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the function limiting part causes the control based on a front side condition of the vehicle to be on priority while limiting the functions related to automatic driving along with insufficiency of the energy.

5 . The vehicle control system according to claims 1 , wherein
the function limiting part stops each function related to automatic driving based on the energy of each function related to the automatic driving.

6 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the function limiting part stops each function related to automatic driving based on the energy of each function related to the automatic driving.

7 . The vehicle control system according to claims 1 , wherein
the function limiting part limits a monitored object range of a periphery monitoring device used by the automatic driving when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient.

8 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the function limiting part limits a monitored object range of a periphery monitoring device used by the automatic driving when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient.

9 . The vehicle control system according to claims 1 , wherein
the function limiting part forbids lane change of the automatic driving on the vehicle when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient.

10 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the function limiting part forbids lane change of the automatic driving on the vehicle when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient.

11 . The vehicle control system according to claims 1 , wherein
the function limiting part forbids one or two of forking and converging of the automatic driving on the vehicle when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient.

12 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the function limiting part forbids one or two of forking and converging of the automatic driving on the vehicle when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient.

13 . The vehicle control system according to claims 1 , further comprising
an energy deriving part, deriving the energy predicted to be consumed based on an action plan or path condition in a traveling path when the vehicle drives on the traveling path from a current position of the vehicle to a destination, and the function limiting part limits the functions related to the automatic driving based on he energy to be consumed derived by the energy deriving part.

14 . The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , further comprising
an energy deriving part, deriving the energy predicted to be consumed based on an action plan or path condition in a traveling path when the vehicle drives on the traveling path from a current position of the vehicle to a destination, and the function limiting part limits the functions related to the automatic driving based on the energy to be consumed derived by the energy deriving part.

15 . A vehicle control method, by which a computer:
performs automatic driving of at least one of velocity control and steering control of an automatic vehicle, and limits functions related to automatic driving when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient due to automatic driving.

16 . A vehicle control program, enabling a computer to:
perform automatic driving of at least one of velocity control and steering control of an automatic vehicle, and limit functions related to automatic driving when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient due to automatic driving.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Asakura Masahiko

Classifications

• B60W2556/50

  of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data · CPC title

• B60W2050/0095

  Automatic control mode change · CPC title

• B60W2510/244

  Charge state · CPC title

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W2510/305

  Power absorbed by auxiliaries · CPC title