GAC Honda has announced a patent for voice-activated lane changing, which could improve the lane-changing efficiency of autonomous vehicles.

Mars Finance reported on June 25th that, according to Tianyancha intellectual property information, on June 23rd, the patent application for "Vehicle Lane Change Control Method, Device, Equipment, and Program Product Based on Voice Interaction" filed by GAC Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. and GAC Honda Automobile Research and Development Co., Ltd. was published. The abstract shows that this invention discloses a vehicle lane change control method, device, equipment, and program product based on voice interaction, including: when the vehicle is in autonomous driving mode, acquiring the driver's voice information and identifying whether the driver has issued a lane change instruction based on the voice information; when the driver issues a lane change instruction, determining the target lane corresponding to the lane change instruction, acquiring the first road condition of the current lane and the second road condition of the target lane; determining the vehicle's lane change cost, lane change benefit, and lane change risk value, and determining the benefit-cost ratio based on the ratio of lane change benefit to lane change cost; when the benefit-cost ratio is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold and the lane change risk value is less than a preset second threshold, determining to execute the lane change instruction, planning a target lane change path based on the first and second road conditions; and controlling the vehicle to change lanes to the target lane according to the target lane change path. (Titanium Garage)