US Patent 11709239 Vehicle control system

The vehicle control system comprises a vehicle speed acquisition device, a rotary-typed LIDAR and a controller. The vehicle speed acquisition device is configured to acquire traveling speed of a vehicle. The LIDAR is configured to acquire surrounding information of the vehicle using a laser beam. The controller is configured to control a rotational movement of the LIDAR. The controller is configured to execute processing to set a cycle of the rotational movement based on the traveling speed. In the setting processing, the controller is configured to set the cycle during the traveling speed is relatively fast to a longer cycle than that during the traveling speed is relatively slow.