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AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

  • US 20170364070A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2015
  • Published: 12/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for switching modes for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus, whether a mode for operating the vehicle is to be switched from one of autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous and manual driving modes;

    obtaining a state of a driver of the vehicle when the mode for operating the vehicle is determined to be switched; and

    switching, by the circuitry, the mode for operating the vehicle from the one of the autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous manual driving modes based on the obtained state of the driver.

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