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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Masayuki Matsui, Ichinomiya, JP;
Keigo Matsubara, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
When the driving mode is the automatic driving mode, the vehicle control device executes the first hard protection control according to the component-related parameter representing the state or the operating environment of the in-vehicle component, and when the driving mode is the manual driving mode, the vehicle control device executes the second hard protection control having a higher protection performance of the in-vehicle component than the first hard protection control according to the component-related parameter.