Patent ID: 11858499
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle control device that controls operation of a vehicle including a transmission having, as shift positions for the forward direction, a first forward position and a second forward position having a larger speed reduction ratio than the first forward position, the vehicle control device comprising:
a shift-position-switching acceptance unit that accepts switching operation of the shift position of the transmission by a driver but does not accept switching operation from a shift position other than the first forward position and the second forward position to the second forward position without via the first forward position; and
an automatic-parking control unit that executes automatic parking control of the vehicle and that, in a case of moving the vehicle forward during execution of the automatic parking control in a state in which the shift position of the transmission is set at a shift position other than the first forward position and the second forward position, switches the shift position of the transmission to the first forward position to move the vehicle forward.