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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2017
Yamaha Motor Power Products Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Yoshii, Shizuoka, JP;
Takahiro Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihisa Tominaga, Shizuoka, JP;
Nobuya Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA MOTOR POWER PRODUCTS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A self-driving vehicle includes a plurality of operation members for the driver to operate and a controller. The plurality of operation members includes a steering operation member, a brake operation member, and an accelerating operation member. The controller has, as control modes thereof, an automatic operation mode and a manual operation mode. The operation member that is predefined as a trigger for the shift from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode differs depending on states of the vehicle in the automatic operation mode. The self-driving vehicle enables the driver to shift the control mode from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode with a simple operation.