Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, and a driving controller configured to execute driving control of controlling one or both of a speed and steering of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, in which the recognizer recognizes a traffic participant present in front of the vehicle and a traffic participant priority section present in a traveling direction of the vehicle, and the driving controller sets a risk area for the traffic participant priority section on the basis of a position and a traveling direction of the traffic participant, and executes the driving control based on the set risk area and the position of the traffic participant.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a travel control unit configured to switch a driving mode of a vehicle; a traveling state detecting unit configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle; a generating unit configured to generate at least one turning line; an external environment recognizing device configured to detect a state of an external environment of the vehicle; a setting unit configured to set a traveling area in front of the vehicle in a traveling direction thereof; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the turning line is located in the traveling area. In a case where the determining unit determines that the turning line is not located in the traveling area while a manual driving mode is selected, the travel control unit switches the driving mode of the vehicle from the manual driving mode to an autonomous driving mode.

Abstract: A first possible space, for which a lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding other vehicle and the nearby vehicle, a speed of the preceding other vehicle, and a speed of the nearby vehicle. A second possible space, for which the lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the nearby vehicle and the following other vehicle, the speed of the nearby vehicle, and a speed of the following other vehicle. The control unit controls the traveling of the vehicle to make the lane change to the adjacent lane based on a result of the evaluation of the first possible space and the second possible space.

Abstract: A lane departure prevention assist system for a vehicle includes: a tilt angle control unit configured to control a tilt angle of a seat surface with respect to a lateral direction by driving a tilt angle changing device; a lane detection unit configured to detect a lane on a road; and a vehicle position estimation unit configured to estimate a lateral position of the vehicle in the lane. The tilt angle control unit is configured to increase the tilt angle of the seat surface with respect to the lateral direction such that, as the vehicle approaches one lateral end of an own lane, a height of the seat surface on a side near the one lateral end of the own lane becomes greater than the height of the seat surface on a side remote from the one lateral end of the own lane.

Abstract: An evaluation system includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image acquired by imaging an exterior of a vehicle; and an evaluation unit that derives and assigns an evaluation point for evaluating social credibility of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle on the basis of the image acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires an index value relating to easiness of merging which is evaluated on the basis of at least one of vehicle information relating to an operation of another vehicle that has advanced from a merging lane to a main lane before a subject vehicle and external system information acquired near a merging point using the other vehicle in a case in which the subject vehicle is running in the merging lane merging into the main lane; and an automated driving control unit that executes automated driving of the subject vehicle on the basis of the index value acquired by the information acquiring unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control system including: a recognizer that recognizes a target in the vicinity of a subject vehicle; a first processor that repeatedly performs a process of determining a first target speed, which is a target speed of the subject vehicle in the future, at a first period on the basis of the target recognized by the recognizer and a state of the subject vehicle; a second processor that repeatedly performs a process of determining a second target speed, which is a target speed of the subject vehicle in the future, at a second period shorter than the first period on the basis of the first target speed determined by the first processor, the target recognized by the recognizer, and the state of the subject vehicle; and a running controller that controls acceleration/deceleration of the subject vehicle on the basis of at least one of the first target speed determined by the first processor and the second target speed determined by the second processor.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a partition line recognizing unit that recognizes partition lines of a road on which a subject vehicle is running; an information acquiring unit that acquires information relating to running histories of other vehicles for a section in which no partition line can be recognized by the partition line recognizing unit from an external device; and an automated driving control unit that determines a behavior of the subject vehicle and performs automated driving on the basis of the running histories acquired by the information acquiring unit in a case in which there is a section in which no partition line can be recognized by the partition line recognizing unit after passing through a gate installed on the road.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a setting part that sets a target area which is an area used as a target when the host vehicle changes lane, a derivation part that derives a first time period which is a time length required from a start to a termination of a lane change by the host vehicle, and a second time period which is a time length required for a following reference vehicle, traveling at rear of the target area, to catch up with a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle, a determination part that determines that the lane change by the host vehicle is possible, in a case at least a condition in which that the first time period is shorter than the second time period is satisfied, and a controller that performs the lane change of the host vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle; a trajectory determiner that determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the distribution state of the obstacles recognized by the recognizer; and an automated driving controller that executes automated driving of the vehicle along the target trajectory determined by the trajectory determiner.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an acquisition unit that acquires traffic condition information of a main line, a first controller that determines whether the host vehicle is able to join the main line on the basis of the traffic condition information acquired by the acquisition unit and a length of a mergeable section in a merging place from the branch line to the main line, and a second controller that automatically controls at least acceleration and deceleration of the host vehicle such that the host vehicle travels from the branch line toward the main line in a case it is determined by the first controller that the host vehicle is able to join the main line.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a travel control unit configured to switch a driving mode of a vehicle; a traveling state detecting unit configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle; a generating unit configured to generate at least one turning line; an external environment recognizing device configured to detect a state of an external environment of the vehicle; a setting unit configured to set a traveling area in front of the vehicle in a traveling direction thereof; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the turning line is located in the traveling area. In a case where the determining unit determines that the turning line is not located in the traveling area while a manual driving mode is selected, the travel control unit switches the driving mode of the vehicle from the manual driving mode to an autonomous driving mode.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a first detection part that detects a peripheral vehicle which is traveling around a vehicle; a control plan generation part that is configured to generate a control plan of the vehicle according to the peripheral vehicle; and a travel control part that is configured to control acceleration, deceleration, or steering of the vehicle according to the control plan, wherein the control plan generation part generates the control plan of the vehicle according to a peripheral vehicle that satisfies a predetermined condition among one or more peripheral vehicles that are detected by the first detection part, and wherein when it is not possible to detect the peripheral vehicle that satisfies the predetermined condition, the control plan generation part is configured to set a virtual vehicle which virtually simulates the peripheral vehicle that satisfies the predetermined condition and generate the control plan of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a first switch that accepts an operation of an occupant of a vehicle; and a performance part that performs, when the first switch is operated, travel assist in a node in which an assist degree is the largest at that time point.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a first device that generates trajectory data indicating a future trajectory of a host vehicle and outputs the generated trajectory data; a second device that controls at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the trajectory data generated by the first device; and a third device that receives the trajectory data generated by the first device and writes the received trajectory data in a storage unit thereof, the third device being a device separate from at least the first device, wherein when an abnormality occurs in the trajectory data output by the first device, the second device controls at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the trajectory data which has been received by the third device and written in the storage unit before the abnormality occurred.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle; a trajectory determiner that determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the distribution state of the obstacles recognized by the recognizer; and an automated driving controller that executes automated driving of the vehicle along the target trajectory determined by the trajectory determiner.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a lane line recognizer that recognizes lane lines of a road on which a vehicle is traveling, a virtual line setter that sets, when there is a section in which the lane lines are not recognizable by the lane line recognizer after passing through a gate installed on the road, a virtual line with a terminating end portion of a lane line extending from the gate or an object present near the gate as one end and a beginning end portion of the lane line in a future travel area of the vehicle which is present ahead of the section in which the lane lines are not recognizable as another end, and an automated driving controller that performs automated driving in the section in which the lane lines are not recognizable on the basis of the virtual line set by the virtual line setter.

Abstract: A first possible space, for which a lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding other vehicle and the nearby vehicle, a speed of the preceding other vehicle, and a speed of the nearby vehicle. A second possible space, for which the lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the nearby vehicle and the following other vehicle, the speed of the nearby vehicle, and a speed of the following other vehicle. The control unit controls the traveling of the vehicle to make the lane change to the adjacent lane based on a result of the evaluation of the first possible space and the second possible space.

Abstract: A lane departure prevention assist system for a vehicle includes: a tilt angle control unit configured to control a tilt angle of a seat surface with respect to a lateral direction by driving a tilt angle changing device; a lane detection unit configured to detect a lane on a road; and a vehicle position estimation unit configured to estimate a lateral position of the vehicle in the lane. The tilt angle control unit is configured to increase the tilt angle of the seat surface with respect to the lateral direction such that, as the vehicle approaches one lateral end of an own lane, a height of the seat surface on a side near the one lateral end of the own lane becomes greater than the height of the seat surface on a side remote from the one lateral end of the own lane.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a nearby vehicle that travels near a host vehicle; an estimating unit configured to estimate a positional change of the nearby vehicle detected by the detecting unit; and a period deriving unit configured to derive a lane changeable period during which lane change is possible to a lane change target position set as a relative position with respect to the nearby vehicle that travels in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a host vehicle lane on the basis of a positional change of the nearby vehicle estimated by the estimating unit.