VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC B60W30/16 B60W60/00 

FIELD: traffic management.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for controlling a device and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control method includes several stages. Based on cartographic information, including information about the location of the traffic light installation and information about the traffic lane regulated by the traffic light and the viewing angle range of the camera mounted on its own vehicle, an area providing the possibility of image formation in which the traffic light image can be captured on the traffic lane by the camera is calculated. Then it is determined whether the own vehicle is located in the area providing the possibility of area image formation. When the own vehicle is located in the imaging area, the own vehicle is controlled in such a way that the traffic light is not obscured in the range of the camera’s viewing angle by the vehicle in front of the vehicle for the own vehicle.

EFFECT: increased safety during vehicle operation.

10 cl, 13 dwg