Patent ID: 8818668
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B60W,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control apparatus of a vehicle which performs driving assist control on an entrance ramp or an exit ramp connected to a main road having a different safe cruising speed limit than the entrance ramp or the exit ramp, comprising: a broken line detecting device configured to detect a broken line which is marked on the road and divides the main road and the entrance ramp or the exit ramp, the broken line detecting device including a back camera mounted to a rear portion of a vehicle body, configured to capture an image of a road surface, and configured to detect a broken line over which the vehicle crosses as a broken line detection result; and a controller configured to determine a control zone of the driving assist control based on the broken line detection result from the broken line detecting device, wherein the driving assist control is a deceleration control that decelerates the vehicle when the driving assist control is performed on the exit ramp and the driving assist control is an acceleration control that accelerates the vehicle when the driving assist control is performed on the entrance ramp, the controller is configured to start the deceleration control when the broken line detecting device detects the broken line that divides the main road and the exit ramp, and the controller is configured to end the acceleration control when the broken line detecting device detects the broken line that divides the main road and the entrance ramp.