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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02);
Abstract
A processor of a driving control device that controls driving of a subject vehicle at a predetermined driving assistance level determines whether a transition request that requires transition of a driving assistance level from a first driving assistance level to a second driving assistance level higher than the first driving assistance level is input, and relaxes the transition condition for the transition of the driving assistance level from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level when the transition request is input.