Patent ID: 11919515
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; and
a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and a speed of the host vehicle,
wherein the driving controller allows the host vehicle to travel in any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode in which the host vehicle is allowed to travel such that an inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle recognized by the recognizer and the host vehicle becomes a target inter-vehicle distance and a second driving mode in which the host vehicle is decelerated and moved to a target position,
wherein the driving controller designates an inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle that travels in front of the host vehicle as a first inter-vehicle distance when the host vehicle is allowed to travel in the first driving mode,
wherein the driving controller designates an inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle as a second inter-vehicle distance when the host vehicle is allowed to travel in the second driving mode,
wherein the driving controller designates the target inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle in the second driving mode as a longer distance between the first inter-vehicle distance and the second inter-vehicle distance when the driving mode is switched from the first driving mode to the second driving mode in a prescribed state, and
wherein the prescribed state includes a state in which a driving mode in operation cannot continue in the host vehicle or a state in which an occupant of the host vehicle is not suitable for driving.