CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
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1. A control device of an autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a device status sensor which senses a status of a safety device installed to the autonomous vehicle; and
a vehicle controller which controls the autonomous vehicle,wherein the vehicle controller is capable of implementing each of a normal travel mode and a safe travel mode in which a level of safety is higher than in the normal travel mode, and configured to, in response to the device status sensor sensing that the safety device has been unlocked, perform a process of switching from the normal travel mode to the safe travel mode.
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Abstract
A control device includes a device status sensor which senses the status of a safety device installed to an autonomous vehicle, and a vehicle controller which controls the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle controller is capable of implementing each of a normal travel mode and a safe travel mode in which the level of safety is higher than in the normal travel mode. In response to the device status sensor sensing that the safety device has been unlocked, the vehicle controller performs the process of switching from the normal travel mode to the safe travel mode.
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1. A control device of an autonomous vehicle comprising:
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a device status sensor which senses a status of a safety device installed to the autonomous vehicle; and a vehicle controller which controls the autonomous vehicle, wherein the vehicle controller is capable of implementing each of a normal travel mode and a safe travel mode in which a level of safety is higher than in the normal travel mode, and configured to, in response to the device status sensor sensing that the safety device has been unlocked, perform a process of switching from the normal travel mode to the safe travel mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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