Patent ID: 8352147
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B60W,B62K

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control device controlling a vehicle so as to follow a preceding vehicle performing an inversion control, the vehicle control device comprising: a communication unit configured to receive a vehicle speed of the preceding vehicle and an operation amount of a maneuvering device that maneuvers the preceding vehicle; an inter-vehicle distance sensor configured to measure an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and a vehicle following the preceding vehicle; computation means for computing an acceleration command value of the vehicle following the preceding vehicle, wherein the computation means is configured to set one of a first acceleration command value, which is computed based on a vehicle speed of the preceding vehicle received by the communication unit and the inter-vehicle distance measured by the inter-vehicle distance sensor, and a second acceleration command value, which is computed based on the operation amount of the maneuvering device received by the communication unit, as a target acceleration command value, by determining whether acceleration of the preceding vehicle performing the inversion control is a normal acceleration operation or an acceleration counter-operation.