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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaji, Wako, JP;
Yoshifumi Nakamura, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a direction detector configured to detect a direction of a face or line of sight of an occupant of a host vehicle; an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving; and a switching controller configured to switch an automated driving mode executed by the automated driving controller to any one of a plurality of automated driving modes including a first automated driving mode in which a predetermined task is required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is set and a second automated driving mode in which a level of the task required of the occupant is lower than in the first automated driving mode or an automation rate is lower than in the first automated driving mode, wherein the switching controller includes the direction detected by the direction detector being a predetermined direction in switching conditions for switching from the second automated driving mode to the first automated driving mode.