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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2023
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Kahori Okada, Kariya-city, JP;
Kazuki Izumi, Kariya-city, JP;
Shiori Maneyama, Kariya-city, JP;
Akihiro Hayashi, Kariya-city, JP;
Takuya Kume, Kariya-city, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-city, JP;
Abstract
An HCU, which controls information presentation to a driver of a vehicle with autonomous driving function, is configured to: determine a switch between a monitoring unnecessary state and a monitoring necessary state, the monitoring unnecessary state being a state in which stoppage of periphery monitoring by the driver during execution of the autonomous driving being permitted, the monitoring necessary state being a state in which the stoppage of the periphery monitoring by the driver during execution of the autonomous driving being prohibited; determine whether stoppage of steering wheel grip by the driver is permittable in the monitoring necessary state; and permit, when the monitoring unnecessary state is switched to the monitoring necessary state in which the stoppage of steering wheel grip is permittable, the stoppage of steering wheel grip in the monitoring necessary state after executing a grip request, which requests the driver to grip the steering wheel.
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