Title:
自動運転制御装置および自動運転制御方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6728558
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Provided is an autonomous driving control apparatus and an autonomous driving control method capable of prompting a driver to switch a driving mode to a manual driving mode when a vehicle enters an area in which autonomous driving is difficult. The autonomous driving control apparatus includes a subject vehicle position detection portion configured to detect a running point of a subject vehicle on a map, a driving mode switching portion configured to, when the driver performs a driving operation during an autonomous driving mode of performing at least a part of a driving operation of the driver on behalf of the driver, switch the driving mode from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode of causing the subject vehicle to run according to the driving operation, an autonomous driving difficulty determination portion configured to, based on information regarding an area lying ahead of the running point of the subject vehicle in a traveling direction, determine whether the autonomous driving is difficult in the area, and a driving mode switching prompt portion configured to prompt the driver to switch the driving mode to the manual driving mode if the autonomous driving is determined to be difficult in the area.
Inventors:
Taku Takahama
Application Number:
JP2016011783A
Publication Date:
July 22, 2020
Filing Date:
January 25, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
International Classes:
B60W30/182; B60W50/14; G01C21/26; G08G1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2016050900A | ||||
| JP2015230573A | ||||
| JP2000276690A | ||||
| JP2015179037A | ||||
| JP9161196A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masamichi Ayata