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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Hamada, Aki-gun, JP;

Yuma Nishijo, Aki-gun, JP;

Kouichi Kojima, Aki-gun, JP;

Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Aki-gun, JP;

Shinya Kyusaka, Aki-gun, JP;

Yuta Tsuji, Aki-gun, JP;

Nobuhiro Nonaka, Aki-gun, JP;

Daisuke Shimizu, Aki-gun, JP;

Keigo Fukuda, Aki-gun, JP;

Yasuhiro Nakashima, Aki-gun, JP;

Taro Oike, Aki-gun, JP;

Assignee:

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/14 (2006.01); B60T 7/08 (2006.01); B60T 17/20 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/14 (2013.01); B60T 7/08 (2013.01); B60T 17/20 (2013.01); B60T 2220/02 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01); B60Y 2302/05 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.


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