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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance device mounted in a vehicle operates together with an automated driving control device for automatically controlling steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in either of a first state in which a driver is not gripping a steering operation element and a second state in which the driver is gripping the steering operation element, the driving assistance device including a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor connected to the storage medium. The at least one processor makes an operation start condition of a second preliminary operation strict when the automated driving control device is operating in the first state as compared with when the automated driving control device is not operating.