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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hatsumi Aoi, Kyotanabe, JP;
Tomoyoshi Aizawa, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuyoshi Okaji, Ohmihachiman, JP;
Hiroshi Sugahara, Kyoto, JP;
Michie Uno, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Takizawa, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A driver state determination unit of a drive mode switching control device regularly or irregularly determines whether a driver's state is a state of being able to perform a driving operation in a manual drive mode. The drive mode switching control device determines whether an operation performed by the driver is an emergency override operation or a non-emergency override operation. The drive mode switching control device outputs a switching signal for switching an automatic drive mode to the manual drive mode when a determination result by the driver state determination unit immediately before detection of the emergency override operation is that a driver's state is a state of being able to perform a driving operation in the manual drive mode.