Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and program for collision avoidance

Abstract:

A vehicle control device includes an avoidance determination unit configured to determine whether or not each of a structure and an oncoming vehicle is able to avoid a contact with a subject vehicle on the basis of a position of the structure and a position of the oncoming vehicle, and a driving control unit configured to control one or both of steering or acceleration and deceleration of the subject vehicle to cause the subject vehicle to travel and configured to stop the subject vehicle until the oncoming vehicle passes by the subject vehicle in a case where a state of a dead angle region of the structure is not able to be recognized, even in a case where it is determined that the contact between each of the structure and the oncoming vehicle and the subject vehicle is able to be avoided by the avoidance determination unit.