TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAVELING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A traveling control apparatus comprising:
- a control unit configured to control traveling of a vehicle to switch between first traveling control that does not need monitoring by a driver and second traveling control that needs monitoring by the driver; and
a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the driver,wherein in a case in which traveling of the vehicle by the first traveling control is impossible, in accordance with a result of recognition by the recognition unit, the control unit performs switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control, or executes third traveling control of making a safety margin larger than in the first traveling control without switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control.
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Abstract
A traveling control apparatus comprises: a control unit configured to control traveling of a vehicle to switch between first traveling control that does not need monitoring by a driver and second traveling control that needs monitoring by the driver; and a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the driver, wherein in a case in which traveling of the vehicle by the first traveling control is impossible, in accordance with a result of recognition by the recognition unit, the control unit performs switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control, or executes third traveling control of making a safety margin larger than in the first traveling control without switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control.
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Citations
13 Claims
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1. A traveling control apparatus comprising:
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a control unit configured to control traveling of a vehicle to switch between first traveling control that does not need monitoring by a driver and second traveling control that needs monitoring by the driver; and a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the driver, wherein in a case in which traveling of the vehicle by the first traveling control is impossible, in accordance with a result of recognition by the recognition unit, the control unit performs switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control, or executes third traveling control of making a safety margin larger than in the first traveling control without switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A traveling control method executed in a traveling control apparatus, comprising:
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controlling traveling of a vehicle to switch between first traveling control that does not need monitoring by a driver and second traveling control that needs monitoring by the driver; and recognizing a state of the driver, wherein in a case in which traveling of the vehicle by the first traveling control is impossible, in the controlling the traveling of the vehicle, in accordance with a result of recognition of the state of the driver, switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control is performed, or third traveling control of making a safety margin larger than in the first traveling control is executed without switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control.
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to operate to:
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control traveling of a vehicle to switch between first traveling control that does not need monitoring by a driver and second traveling control that needs monitoring by the driver; and recognize a state of the driver, wherein in a case in which traveling of the vehicle by the first traveling control is impossible, in the control of the traveling of the vehicle, in accordance with a result of recognition of the state of the driver, switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control is performed, or third traveling control of making a safety margin larger than in the first traveling control is executed without switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control.
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Specification