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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Kouichi Masuda, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Ishikawa, Kariya, JP;
Takahisa Yokoyama, Kariya, JP;
Takehito Fujii, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.