Patent ID: 7756640

Claim:
A vehicle control system comprising: a route setting unit configured to set a route from a start point to a destination; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain from a memory position information of at least one base point and at least one control point existing in the route set by the route setting unit; a base point recognition unit configured to recognize that a current position of a vehicle reaches a position of the base point obtained by the information obtaining unit; a running situation monitoring unit configured to determine as a predetermined distance a running distance from the base point most lately recognized by the base point recognition unit; and a control unit configured to execute a control to the vehicle if the predetermined distance determined by the running situation monitoring unit is shorter than any of a first threshold distance and a second threshold distance, when the current position of the vehicle reaches a position of the control point obtained by the information obtaining unit, wherein the first threshold distance is shorter than the second threshold distance, and wherein vehicle control that needs a higher position accuracy is executed before a first threshold distance is reached.