Patent ID: 8996274
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B60K,B60W,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control device comprising: a follow-up running control unit configured to acquire running information of a preceding vehicle that runs ahead of a host vehicle and to control a running state of the host vehicle based on the acquired running information; a deceleration jerk acquisition unit configured to acquire deceleration jerk information of the preceding vehicle; a deceleration timing control unit configured to change a deceleration start timing, at which the follow-up running control unit decelerates the host vehicle in response to deceleration of the preceding vehicle, based on the deceleration jerk information of the preceding vehicle, the deceleration jerk information of the preceding vehicle is not only the deceleration jerk information of a vehicle immediately ahead of the host vehicle but also is the deceleration jerk information of other vehicles within a predetermined range ahead of the host vehicle; and an equivalent response time calculation unit that calculates an equivalent response time t wherein, when the deceleration start timing of the host vehicle is advanced due to the deceleration jerk of the preceding vehicle being higher than the deceleration jerk of the host vehicle, a set inter-vehicle time τ is compared with the equivalent response time t