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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Gotemba, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kageura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masanori Shimada, Susono, JP;
Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Mishima, JP;
Hiroki Morita, Hiratsuka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.