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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Sota Sugimoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Jumpei Kiriki, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect an abnormal condition of a driver of a vehicle, based on an inside sensor signal, search a predetermined section from the position of the vehicle at detection of the driver's abnormal condition for a first evacuation space by referring to map information, detect an obstacle in the first evacuation space, based on an outside sensor signal, search the predetermined section for a second evacuation space by referring to the map information when the obstacle is detected, control the vehicle to stop the vehicle in the second evacuation space when the second evacuation space is detected, and control the vehicle to stop the vehicle on a roadway being traveled by the vehicle in the predetermined section when the second evacuation space is not detected.