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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuki Ito, Iwakura, JP;
Tsukasa Nakanishi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuta Morikawa, Miyoshi, JP;
Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Tatsumoto, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: a situation detection device that detects a situation around a periphery of a vehicle and outputs a situation detection signal based on detection results; and a processor (i) that is input with the situation detection signal when the vehicle travels in an autonomous automatic driving mode, that controls travel of the vehicle based on the situation detection signal, and (ii) that enters a prohibited state that prohibits control of the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode in a prohibited area in which the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode is prohibited.