VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

• Main Authors: YAMASHITA HIROSHI, MIYAMOTO REI, MAEHATA MINORU, SEZAKI KEI, KOSAKA TOMOHIRO, TSUJI MANA, SAKATE HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.08.2018
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control apparatus for determining an allowable operation range for operating a vehicle having an automatic driving mode, and a vehicle control method.SOLUTION: A vehicle control apparatus 10 has multiple driving modes with different allowable operation ranges for operating a vehicle. The driving modes include at least an automatic driving mode. The vehicle control apparatus 10 includes a processing unit which determines that a vehicle is to be operated in one driving mode of the multiple driving modes, on the basis of driving qualification information of an occupant seated on a driver's seat.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】自動運転モードを有する車両の操作が許容される操作範囲を決定する車両制御装置及び車両制御方法を提供する。【解決手段】車両制御装置１０は、車両の操作が許容される操作範囲が異なる複数の運転モードを有する。複数の運転モードは、少なくとも自動運転モードを有する。車両制御装置１０は、運転席に着座した搭乗者が有する運転資格情報に基づいて、複数の運転モードの内の何れか１つの運転モードにおいて車両が操作されることを決定する処理部を備える。【選択図】図１