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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 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 an automated driving indicator lamp, one or more lamps, and a lamp controller. The automated driving indicator lamp is configured to be switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of automated driving of the vehicle. The one or more lamps are provided on the vehicle separately from the automated driving indicator lamp. The lamp controller is configured to start to switch on the automated driving indicator lamp that has been off, before starting to switch on the one or more lamps, on the condition that the vehicle is about to make a departure by the automated driving from a parked or stopped state with the automated driving indicator lamp and the one or more lamps off.