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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
May. 29, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Soichi Okubo, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle comprises a vehicle control apparatus which has a safety assistance function and a driving assistance function on condition that the safety assistance function is working. The safety assistance function is configured to work in one of first and second modes. The first mode is a mode of assisting safety of the vehicle based on first information detected by at least one first sensor, and the second mode is a mode of assisting the safety of the vehicle based on the first information and second information detected by at least one second sensor. The vehicle control apparatus activates the safety assistance function in the second mode and activates the driving assistance function when the at least one first sensor is not activated at a point of time when an activation of the driving assistance function is requested by an operator of the vehicle.