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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kiyotoshi Sekine, Kakamigahara, JP;
Takahiko Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a vehicle is configured to request that a driver grip a steering wheel at the time of a predetermined driving scene, judge whether a steering wheel grip status is a one-handed grip status or a two-handed grip status, and judge based on the steering wheel grip status whether the status is a grip completion status where the steering wheel has finished being gripped. The control device is further configured to change whether to judge the status is a grip completion status if at least a one-handed grip status or to judge whether the status is a grip completion status only if a two-handed grip status in accordance with the driving scene.