US 11,702,091 B2
Drive mode switch control device and drive mode switch control method
Kunihiko Chiba, Kariya (JP); Asako Nagata, Kariya (JP); Akihiko Yagyu, Kariya (JP); and Takuya Mori, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,608.
Application 17/866,608 is a continuation of application No. 16/431,824, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,458,982.
Application 16/431,824 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/036570, filed on Oct. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-237834 (JP), filed on Dec. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348214 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/08 (2013.01) [B60W 30/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0073 (2013.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01); B60W 2900/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A drive mode switch control device for a vehicle configured to control a drive mode switch between a driver and an autonomous drive function, the vehicle including the autonomous drive function configured to perform a drive operation instead of the driver,
the drive mode switch control device comprising:
an operation information acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information related to drive operations input by the driver;
a drive state switch unit configured to switch a drive state among at least an autonomous drive state, a manual drive state, and a coordination drive state;
an operation detection unit configured to detect an input of a first driving operation and an input of a second driving operation based on the operation information, in response to the drive state not being in the manual drive state, wherein
in the autonomous drive state, a travel of the vehicle is controlled by the autonomous drive function,
in the manual drive state, the travel of the vehicle is controlled by the driver,
in the coordination drive state, the travel of the vehicle is controlled by coordinating a control of the autonomous drive function and the drive operations of the driver,
the first driving operation is a driving operation input to a first operation target in the vehicle by the driver,
the second driving operation is a driving operation input to the first operation target by the driver after the first driving operation is input,
the second driving operation in magnitude is smaller than the first driving operation in magnitude,
the drive state switch unit switches the drive state from the autonomous drive state to the coordination drive state in response to detecting the first driving operation, and
the drive state switch unit switches the drive state from the coordination drive state to the manual drive state in response to detecting the second driving operation.