Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which includes: a surrounding object detection part; a target traveling course calculation part; a corrected traveling course calculation part; and an automatic steering control part to assist in traveling in the lane, wherein: the corrected traveling course calculation part is configured to set an upper limit line of a permissible relative speed with respect to the surrounding object, and derive the corrected traveling course, based on the upper limit line, an evaluation function, and a limiting condition; and the target traveling course calculation part is configured to, when it is determined by the automatic steering control part that there is a possibility of a vehicle deviates from the lane, set the target traveling course at a position offset, with respect to a widthwise middle of the lane, on a side on which there is the possibility of the deviation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which includes: a surrounding object detection part; a target traveling course calculation part; and a corrected traveling course calculation part, wherein the corrected traveling course calculation part is configured to, when a surrounding object to be avoided is detected, set an upper limit line of a permissible relative speed at which the own vehicle is permitted to travel with respect to the surrounding object, and derive the corrected traveling course, based on the upper limit line, a given evaluation function, and a given limiting condition, and wherein the corrected traveling course calculation part has, as the limiting condition, a region outside the width of the own vehicle whose middle is coincident with an estimated traveling course set on an assumption that the own vehicle travels along a traveling trajectory of the preceding vehicle detected by the surrounding object detection part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which includes: a surrounding object detection part; a target traveling course calculation part; and a corrected traveling course calculation part, wherein the corrected traveling course calculation part is configured to, when a surrounding object to be avoided is detected by the surrounding object detection part, set an upper limit line of a permissible relative speed at which the own vehicle is permitted to travel with respect to the surrounding object, and derive the corrected traveling course, based on the upper limit line, a given evaluation function, and a given limiting condition, and wherein the corrected traveling course calculation part has, as the limiting condition, a region outside the width of the own vehicle whose middle is coincident with an estimated traveling course set on the assumption that a current driving state based on the intent of the driver is continued.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device (100) designed to control vehicle traveling, and includes: a surrounding vehicle detection part (10b) to detect a surrounding vehicle (3); a vehicle information receiving part (26) to receive information regarding a traveling state thereof; a speed distribution setting part (10d) to set a speed limit distribution (40) defining a permissible upper limit relative speed, around the surrounding vehicle; and a control part (10d) to control a speed and/or steering of an own vehicle (1) to satisfy the speed limit distribution set by the speed distribution setting part, wherein the speed distribution setting part is configured to set the speed limit distribution such that the speed limit distribution is different for when the information regarding the traveling state of the surrounding vehicle has been able to be acquired, and when no information has been able to be acquired.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device for controlling vehicle travel includes one or more processors configured to function as: a surrounding vehicle detection part to detect a surrounding vehicle traveling around an own vehicle; a course information acquisition part to acquire traveling course information regarding a subsequent traveling course of the surrounding vehicle detected by the surrounding vehicle detection part; a speed distribution setting part to set a speed limit distribution defining a permissible upper limit relative speed, around the surrounding vehicle detected by the surrounding vehicle detection part; and a control part to control the speed and/or steering of the own vehicle to satisfy the speed limit distribution set by the speed distribution setting part, wherein the speed distribution setting part is operable to set the speed limit distribution, according to the traveling course information acquired by the course information acquisition part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device for controlling vehicle travel. The vehicle control device includes one or more processors configured to function as: a surrounding vehicle detection part configured to detect a surrounding vehicle traveling around an own vehicle; a road surface condition estimation part configured to estimate a road surface condition; a speed distribution setting part configured to set a speed limit distribution defining a permissible upper limit relative speed, around the surrounding vehicle detected by the surrounding vehicle detection part; and a control part configured to control the speed and/or steering of the own vehicle to satisfy the speed limit distribution, wherein the speed distribution setting part is configured to, when it is estimated by the road surface condition estimation part that the road surface condition causes an increase in the braking distance, lower the permissible upper limit relative speed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which comprises a traveling course control part 10a to update a target traveling course R, and an automatic anti-collision control part 10b to execute automatic anti-collision control processing (S14) for avoiding collision with an obstacle. The part 10a corrects the target traveling course R to calculate corrected traveling course candidates for avoiding the obstacle, and evaluates the corrected traveling course candidates by an evaluation function J to select one of the candidates as a corrected traveling course. The part 10a generates a first request signal for a brake control system 32 to allow the vehicle 1 to travel along the corrected traveling course. The part 10b generates a second request signal for the brake control system 32. The vehicle control device further comprises an output control part 10d to output the first or second request signal to the brake control system 32.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device capable of reducing a computational load thereon. The vehicle control device includes: an obstacle detection part; a target traveling course calculation part; a corrected traveling course calculation part; a main control part; a backup control part; and an output adjustment part to output a target steering angle and a target acceleration/deceleration, wherein the corrected traveling course calculation part is configured to set an upper limit of a permissible relative speed with respect to an obstacle, and to calculate the corrected traveling course, based on the upper limit, a given evaluation function, and a given limiting condition, wherein the output adjustment part is configured to output, as the control signal, a target steering angle and a target acceleration/deceleration in a situation where it is unable to calculate any corrected traveling course satisfying the limiting condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which comprises a traveling course control part 10a to update a target traveling course R, and an automatic emergency avoidance control part (10b, 10e) to execute automatic emergency avoidance control processing for automatically operating a given control system to avoid collision with an obstacle. The part 10a corrects the target traveling course R to calculate plural corrected traveling course candidates for avoiding the obstacle, and evaluates the candidates by an evaluation function J to select one of the candidates as a corrected traveling course. The part 10a generates a first request signal for allowing the vehicle 1 to travel along the corrected traveling course. The emergency avoidance course control part (10b, 10e) generates a second request signal. The vehicle control device further comprises an output control part 10d to output the first or second request signal to the given control system.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device (ECU) 10 which comprises a target traveling course calculation part 10a to calculate a target traveling course R of a vehicle 1, wherein the target traveling course calculation part 10a is configured to, upon detection of an obstacle, correct the target traveling course R so as to avoid the obstacle (S14). The target traveling course calculation part 10a is configured to, in the traveling course correction processing, correct the target traveling course R to calculate corrected traveling course candidate for avoiding the obstacle; and evaluate the corrected traveling course candidates with respect to the target traveling course R by an evaluation function J including evaluation factors, to derive one corrected traveling course according to the evaluation. The target traveling course calculation part 10a is configured to revise the evaluation factors based on an external signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device (ECU) (10) having plural driving support modes, comprising: an obstacle information detection part (10b) for detecting obstacle information; a traveling regulation information detection part (10c) for detecting traveling regulation information; and a traveling course calculation part (10d) for calculating a future traveling course comprising a target position and a target speed of the vehicle, wherein the calculation part (10d) is operable to: execute, without taking into account the obstacle information, traveling course calculation processing (S13) of calculating traveling courses temporally repeatedly; execute, based on a selected driving support mode, traveling course selection processing (S14) of selecting one of the traveling courses as a target traveling course; and execute, based on the obstacle information and/or the traveling regulation information, traveling course correction processing (S15) of correcting the target traveling course selected in the traveling c

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device (ECU) (10) having plural driving support modes, comprising: a preceding vehicle detection part (10b); a traveling road edge detection part (10c); and a vehicle control part (10e) for controlling a vehicle (1) to follow a preceding vehicle detected by the detection part (10b), wherein the control part (10e) is operable, according to a result of the detection of the edge position of the road by the edge detection part (10c), to execute traveling course selection processing (S14) of selecting, based on the driving support mode selected by a passenger, a target traveling course from traveling courses including at least a course (R1) set to enable the vehicle to maintain traveling within the road, and a course (R2) set to enable the vehicle to follow a trajectory of the preceding vehicle and each comprises a target position and a target speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle comprises an object detection section for detecting a connection path which is connected to a traveling road, a speed distribution area setting section for setting a speed distribution area, and an avoidance control execution section for executing avoidance control of changing the vehicle speed and/or a steering direction of the vehicle to prevent the vehicle speed from exceeding the allowable upper limit value in the speed distribution area, wherein the speed distribution area setting section is configured, upon detection of the connection path by the object detection section, to set the speed distribution area on an assumption that an object exists in a connection region between the detected connection path and the traveling road.

Abstract: Provide a vehicle control device capable of facilitating input manipulation for a setup vehicle speed to be used in a driving support mode. The vehicle control device 100 comprises a control part operable to execute vehicle speed control according to a setup vehicle speed, a manipulation unit 24, and a speed limit recognition part operable to acquire a speed limit, and the manipulation unit 24 comprises a resume switch 24g, and wherein the control part is operable, in response to manipulation of the resume switch 24g during the standby state, to select and store a vehicle speed value as the setup vehicle speed (S22, S29) in different manners between a situation where the setup vehicle speed is currently stored (S20; YES), and a situation where no setup vehicle speed is currently stored (S20; NO).

Abstract: A vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle comprises an object detection section for detecting a connection path which is connected to a traveling road, a speed distribution area setting section for setting a speed distribution area, and an avoidance control execution section for executing avoidance control of changing the vehicle speed and/or a steering direction of the vehicle to prevent the vehicle speed from exceeding the allowable upper limit value in the speed distribution area, wherein the speed distribution area setting section is configured, upon detection of the connection path by the object detection section, to set the speed distribution area on an assumption that an object exists in a connection region between the detected connection path and the traveling road.

Abstract: A vehicle characteristic change system including characteristic information forming device for forming a characteristic information with which characteristics of an object vehicle are changed, information entry device for entering the characteristic information into the object vehicle, characteristic change device for changing the characteristics of the object vehicle in accordance with the characteristic information formed by the characteristic information forming means. Characteristics of a vehicle can be readily changed to meet a driver's taste, driving condition, driving circumstances and the like with compact system and low cost.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle stability control system determined which is a main cause of a change in a change rate of a yaw rate difference of an actual yaw rate from a target yaw rate between a change in the actual yaw rate and a change in the target yaw rate when the change rate of the yaw rate difference exceeds a specified change rate, increase threshold slip angle for starting braking control based on slip angle following the driver's intention when the main cause is the change in the actual yaw rate and increases an upper limit of target slip angle so as to allow the target slip angle to be increased according to a driver's steering operation when the slip angle preferential braking control takes place.

Abstract: A vehicle characteristic change system includes a characteristic information forming device for forming characteristic information with which characteristics of an object vehicle are changed: information entry device is used for entering the characteristic information into the object vehicle, and a characteristic change device is used for changing the characteristics of the object vehicle in accordance with the characteristic information formed by the characteristic information forming device. Characteristics of a vehicle can be readily changed to meet preference of driver, a driver's taste, driving condition, driving circumstances and the like with a compact system and at low cost.

Abstract: When the difference between the number of revolutions of each tire of a vehicle is judged by the tire air pressure warning device must be made under the condition that the number of revolutions of the four wheels must constantly be detected by different units, and processed at a high speed, and where the vehicle is travelling in a straight line, and at a point in time when all four wheels become at the same condition. In the case that all four wheels do not reach the same condition, the judgment of the difference in the number of tire revolutions at the tire air pressure warning device is prohibited. Also, using the vehicle running conditions, the most suitable tire air pressure judgment is carried out, and various noise generate when the vehicle is travelling do not have any effect, and the tire air pressure abnormality is detected with good accuracy, the detected signal from the wheel velocity sensors is carefully selected, and the reliability and accuracy of the tire air pressure judgment is improved.

Abstract: A system of driving stability control, which is adapted to control valves for opening and closing hydraulic pressure passages between a master cylinder and brake units of wheels and simultaneously controls pressurizing valves and a pressure relief valves so as to supply braking force selectively and independently to the brake units when a specified driving condition is detected, performs the coordinated braking control that, when a specified step-on pressure is detected during execution of the driving stability control, delivers the braking pressure to the brake units according to brake pedal travels as the driving intends simultaneously with reducing the participative degree of the driving stability control so as to ensure gripping force of wheels that brake the vehicle and reduces reduce the participative degree of the driving stability control with an intention of regarding driving stability of the vehicle as important when the vehicle is going to cause a spin.