US Patent Application 18023390. VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM simplified abstract
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VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Kanta Tsuji of Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
Yoshifumi Nakamura of Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
Takashi Kishimoto of Tokyo (JP)
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18023390 Titled 'VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes a vehicle control device that includes a recognizer to identify the surrounding status of a vehicle, a driving controller to control the steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle based on the recognized surrounding status or map information, a storage to store images captured by a camera on the vehicle, and a storage controller to manage the storage. The driving controller allows the vehicle to operate in different driving modes, with the second mode requiring more input from the vehicle occupant than the first mode. If there is an issue with the camera or storage in the first mode, the driving controller switches to the second mode and continues in that mode if the issue persists.
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle control device of embodiments includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding status of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognizer or map information, a storage configured to store images of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by a peripheral camera mounted on the vehicle; and a storage controller configured to control the storage. The driving controller causes the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode in which a task imposed on an occupant of the vehicle is greater than that in the first driving mode. The driving controller causes the vehicle to travel by switching from the first driving mode to the second driving mode when an abnormality has occurred in one or both of the peripheral camera and the storage in the first driving mode, and continues the second driving mode when an abnormality has occurred in one or both of the peripheral camera and the storage in the second driving mode.
