A vehicle control apparatus that acquires information related to a peripheral state of a vehicle, and that can execute, based on the information, following vehicle control to cause the vehicle to perform automated driving by making the vehicle follow a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle control apparatus performs detection or prediction, during the vehicle following control, of a movement of the preceding vehicle beyond a predetermined range in a lateral direction, and maintains, in response to the detection or the prediction of the movement of the preceding vehicle in the lateral direction, the vehicle following control in the lateral direction of the vehicle while decreasing an automated driving level of the vehicle and/or requesting a driver of the vehicle to perform a predetermined task.


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    Title :

    VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2020-09-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion



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