Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Satoru Otsuka

Masahiko Asakura

Hironobu Kiryu

Makoto Nakatsuka

A control device including: a determination unit that determines whether or not a malfunction has occurred in a monitoring target on the basis of a state of the monitoring target; an arithmetic unit that is capable of reconfiguring a function; a storage unit that stores software used for causing the arithmetic unit to reconfigure a function relating to an operation of the monitoring target; and a processing unit that reads the software from the storage unit and reflects the software on the arithmetic unit in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that a malfunction has occurred in the monitoring target.

Control device, control unit, control method, and storage medium

A vehicle control system including: a surrounding state detector is configured to detect a state of the surroundings, a first running assistor is configured to automatically control at least acceleration/deceleration or steering such that the subject vehicle can run along a route to a destination; a monitor is configured to monitor whether or not the first running assistor is in a predetermined state and limit an operation of the first running assistor in a case in which the first running assistor is in the predetermined state; and a second running assistor is configured to assist a occupant's driving on the basis of the result of the detection executed and perform steering control according to a relation between the subject vehicle and a lane in a case in which the first running assistor is determined as being in the predetermined state.

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Wako, Japan

Satoru Otsuka