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VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

  • US 20180105184A1
  • Filed: 10/02/2017
  • Published: 04/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle control system, the vehicle control system being configured to switch a driving mode of a vehicle among an automatic driving mode in which the vehicle travels by using a traveling plan created based on a predetermined target route, a transition mode in which the vehicle travels using cooperation between a driving operation of a driver of the vehicle and traveling control of causing the vehicle to travel by using the traveling plan, and a manual driving mode in which the vehicle travels based on an operation amount of the driving operation of the driver, the vehicle control system comprising:

  • a notification device configured to notify the driver of information; and

    at least one electronic control unit configured torecognize a vehicle state of the vehicle, andnotify, by using the notification device, the driver of a reason for switching the driving mode to the transition mode, when the driving mode is switched from the automatic driving mode or the manual driving mode to the transition mode based on the vehicle state.

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