Patent ID: 11904935
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. An operation method for a vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle based on surrounding area information of the vehicle, the method comprising:
a control step of controlling the vehicle in a first state in which gripping of a steering apparatus by a driver of the vehicle is needed and a second state in which the gripping is not needed, based on the surrounding area information;
a warning output step of outputting a deviation warning when the vehicle has approached a boundary of a travel path; and
a suppression step of, if the vehicle is in the second state, suppressing the output of the deviation warning as compared to a case where the vehicle is in the first state,
wherein a degree of reliability of position information of the vehicle is calculated based on the surrounding area information, and
if the degree of reliability is a predetermined value or more, the output of the deviation warning is suppressed as compared to a case where the degree of reliability is less than the predetermined value,
wherein determining whether or not the degree of reliability transitions from being less than the predetermined value to being the predetermined value or more, if the vehicle is in the second state and a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the degree of reliability transitioned from being less than the predetermined value to being the predetermined value or more, the output of the deviation warning is suppressed as compared to a case where the vehicle is in the second state and a predetermined amount of time has not elapsed since the degree of reliability transitioned from being less than the predetermined value to being the predetermined value or more.