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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takehito Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nojiri, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Fukumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A control method for a driving assistance apparatus of a vehicle, the driving assistance apparatus coupled with a sensor monitoring an ambient area of the vehicle, the control method including generating a travel path from a parking space to a road region using input from the sensor, traveling the vehicle part of the travel path using a second input from the sensor in a first autonomous traveling mode, traveling the vehicle another part of the travel path using a third input from the sensor in a second autonomous traveling mode, and switching from the second autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode in response to a steering operation of the vehicle being performed by the user while the vehicle is travelling the second part of the travel path in the second autonomous mode.