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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2019
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Teppei Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling an apparatus for a first vehicle includes: receiving a detection result of at least one of a camera or a radar provided on a first vehicle that detects within a sensing area around the first vehicle; receiving positional information from a wireless device mounted in a second vehicle outside the sensing area, the positional information including a current position, a traveling direction and a traveling speed of the second vehicle; determining whether or not to switch from an automatic steering mode to a manual steering mode on the basis of the detection result and the positional information; and supplying a signal for prompting a driver of the first vehicle to manually switch from the automatic steering mode to the manual steering mode before the second vehicle enters the sensing area.