Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Jumpei Kiriki

Taiyo Uejima

Sota Sugimoto

A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect an abnormal condition of a driver of a vehicle, based on an inside sensor signal, search a predetermined section from the position of the vehicle at detection of the driver's abnormal condition for a first evacuation space by referring to map information, detect an obstacle in the first evacuation space, based on an outside sensor signal, search the predetermined section for a second evacuation space by referring to the map information when the obstacle is detected, control the vehicle to stop the vehicle in the second evacuation space when the second evacuation space is detected, and control the vehicle to stop the vehicle on a roadway being traveled by the vehicle in the predetermined section when the second evacuation space is not detected.

Controller, method, and computer program for vehicle control

A vehicle control device has a processor that is configured to determine the level of active operation by the driver, to determine the relationship between the speed of the vehicle and a predetermined reference speed, and to generate a first driving plan whereby a first deceleration is used to decelerate the vehicle without activating the brake light, when it has been determined that the level of active operation by the driver is lower than the predetermined reference level and the speed of the vehicle is faster than the reference speed, and to generate a second driving plan whereby a second deceleration that is greater than the first deceleration is used to decelerate the vehicle when it has been determined that the level of active operation by the driver is lower than the predetermined reference level and the speed of the vehicle is equal to or below the reference speed.

Vehicle control device, storage medium for storing computer program for vehicle control, and method for controlling vehicle

A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether or not a problem exists with the level of active operation by the driver and when there is a problem with the driver, to set a stopping location for the vehicle on a traveling lane and to determine whether or not another traffic lane is adjacent on the side of the stopping location opposite from a passing lane and, when another traffic lane is adjacent, to determine whether or not the stopping location is within a stop avoidance area set in the traveling lane, based on an adjacent start location or an adjacent end location and, when the stopping location is within the stop avoidance area, to generate a stopping plan for stopping of the vehicle at a location between the adjacent start location and the adjacent end location other than in the stop avoidance area.

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Tokyo-to, Japan

Jumpei Kiriki