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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
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 lamp controller switches off the automated driving indicator lamp during the execution of automated driving, on the condition that the vehicle executing the automated driving is traveling in an exclusive place for the automated driving. On the condition that a surrounding moving body is present around the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling by the automated driving in the exclusive place for the automated driving, with the automated driving indicator lamp off, the lamp controller switches the automated driving indicator lamp back on during the execution of the automated driving, in accordance with attributes of the surrounding moving body with respect to the exclusive place for the automated driving.