Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Vehicle control apparatus and method for controlling automated driving vehicle

Abstract:

A vehicle control apparatus configured to control automated driving of a vehicle acquires information relating to a situation in a surrounding area of the vehicle, acquires, for each of a plurality of positions, a first value relating to a probability that an object that is present in the surrounding area will be present at a future point in time and a second value obtained based on travel data of a predetermined driver based on the information, and determines a path on which the vehicle is to move, by selecting positions at which the vehicle is to be present at a plurality of future points in time from the plurality of positions based on combinations of the first values and the second values.