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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2020
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentarou Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The travel controller controls travel of the vehicle while switching a travel control state between automated driving and manual driving. The automated driving indicator lamp is switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of the automated driving. The lamp controller makes a control to switch on the automated driving indicator lamp to indicate that the travel control state is the automated driving, during execution of the automated driving in which the travel controller controls the travel of the vehicle by the automated driving. The lamp controller changes, during the execution of the automated driving, a lighting state of the automated driving indicator lamp in response to a change in the travel control state or a change in travel environment, or both.