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Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2021
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Rei Sakai, Saitama, JP;

Yo Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Toshikatsu Kuramochi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02);
Abstract

A control apparatus for controlling notification data presented to an occupant of a movable object having an automated driving function. The control apparatus includes a travel road specification unit configured to specify a road scheduled to be travelled by the movable object corresponding to a destination set for the movable object. The control apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set, according to the road scheduled to be travelled, a switching recommendation point for switching from automated drive to driver-led manual drive on the road scheduled to be travelled, and estimate a scheduled passing time instant at which the movable object passes the switching recommendation point. The control apparatus includes a notification plan generation unit configured to generate a notification plan for presenting predetermined notification data to the occupant of the movable object according to the switching recommendation point and the scheduled passing time instant.


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