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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2021
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Tasuku Ishigooka, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous travel control system having a vehicle control system that is mounted in a vehicle and that controls automatic driving of the vehicle, and a safety monitoring system for monitoring a field F, are connected so as to enable communication. The safety monitoring system is provided with: a monitoring processing unit for recognizing an object and creating outside world recognition information; a reception unit for receiving automatic driving control information transmitted from the vehicle control system; a verification unit for verifying, on the basis of the outside world recognition information, the safety of the automatic driving control information received by the reception unit; and a transmission unit for transmitting the result of the verification by the verification unit to the vehicle control system. The vehicle control system controls automatic driving of the vehicle on the basis of the verification result transmitted by the safety monitoring system.