US Patent Application 18036419. VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD simplified abstract
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VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
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Inventor(s)
Sho Hitakatsu of Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
Masaki Nakajima of Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (JP)
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18036419 Titled 'VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a vehicle control device that can recognize the surrounding situation of a vehicle and control its steering and acceleration/deceleration independently of the driver. The device has different driving modes, and when the vehicle is in the second driving mode and the number of recognized signs exceeds a certain value, the device will automatically switch to the first driving mode.
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle independently of an operation of a driver of the vehicle; and a mode decider configured to decide on any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle. The recognizer recognizes a sign existing within a reference range of a route along which the vehicle travels. The mode decider changes the driving mode of the vehicle from the second driving mode to the first driving mode when the driving mode of the vehicle is the second driving mode and when the number of signs recognized by the recognizer exceeds a first reference value.
