DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE OBJECT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE OBJECT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Abstract: provided a device for controlling a mobile object which one or more occupants are on board and which is movable both on a roadway and in a predetermined region different from the roadway, the device including: a road type recognizer configured to recognize which type of road the mobile object is moving on, out of the roadway and the predetermined region, on the basis of an output of an external detection device; and a controller configured to move the mobile object in either a first travel state in which a speed of the mobile object is limited to a first speed or a second travel state in which the speed of the mobile object is limited to a second speed lower than the first speed on the basis of the recognized road type, wherein the controller moves the mobile object in the first travel state in a case where it is recognized that the mobile object is moving on the roadway, moves the mobile object in the second travel state in a case where it is recognized that the mobile object is moving in the predetermined region, and forcibly switches the travel state under control even in a case where it is recognized that the mobile object is moving on the roadway or in the predetermined region when an operation for switching the travel state is performed by a switching operation unit that accepts a switching operation of the travel state performed by the occupant.

Inventor(s): Hideki Matsunaga, Takashi Matsumoto, Ryoji Wakayama, Koki Aizawa, Kento Shirakata, Yunosuke Kuramitsu

CPC Classification: B60W30/182 (Propelling the vehicle)

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