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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Ota, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle enabling automated driving, if the value of at least one jam related parameter changing in accordance with a jam degree of surroundings of the vehicle is a value showing a jam degree lower than a reference value corresponding to a reference jam degree, the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and if the value of the jam related parameter is a value showing a jam degree higher than the reference value, the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode with a lower degree of contribution of the driver to driving than the first driving mode. A notification device used in the vehicle has a notification control part showing on a display device of the vehicle a display relating to the value of the jam related parameter and the reference value.