AUTOMOBILE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE

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Tomonori Nonami of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken (JP)

AUTOMOBILE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250058805 titled 'AUTOMOBILE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE

Original Abstract Submitted

an automobile configured to control a drive device, a brake device, a steering device such that traveling is performed in a driving mode selected by a driver from a full-autonomous driving mode, a semi-autonomous driving mode, and a manual driving mode, using information from a periphery recognition device that acquires information about the periphery of a vehicle, and a control method for the automobile are provided. an electronic control unit included in the automobile is configured to permit an override request due to an accelerator operation by the driver, when the driver has selected the semi-autonomous driving mode, and to restrict the override request due to the accelerator operation by the driver, when the driver has selected the full-autonomous driving mode, compared to when the driver has selected the semi-autonomous driving mode.