VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

• Main Authors: YAMAMOTO YASUNORI, IWASHITA YOHEI, FUJIWARA YUKI, SUGANO TAKASHI, TOCHIOKA TAKAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.12.2022
• 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; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To maintain and improve a driving capability of a driver while securing safe travelling.SOLUTION: A vehicle control device 100 executes: all function substitution processing for controlling a vehicle 1 so that the vehicle 1 substitutes for all of a plurality of driving functions, when any of the plurality of driving functions that a driver has is lost or a sign of the loss is detected; adjustment processing for controlling the vehicle 1 so that when it is detected that a driving capability with respect to any of the plurality of driving functions that the driver temporarily deteriorates, the temporary deterioration of the driving capability can be eliminated by giving a physical stimulus to the driver or by providing information for allowing the driver to recognize the temporary deterioration of the driving capability to the driver; and support processing for controlling the vehicle 1 so that the driving capability can be maintained or improved by providing information for an exertion of the driving capability to the driver, when it is determined that the driving capability with respect to any of the plurality of driving functions that the driver has chronically deteriorated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】安全な走行を確保しつつ運転者の運転能力の維持及び向上を図る。【解決手段】車両制御装置１００は、運転者が有する複数の運転機能の何れかが失われたこと又は失われる兆候が検出された場合に、複数の運転機能の全てを車両１が代替して実行するように、車両１を制御する全機能代替処理と、運転者が有する複数の運転機能の何れかの運転性能が一時的に低下したことが検出された場合に、運転者に物理的な刺激を与えることにより、又は、当該運転性能の一時的低下を認識させる情報を運転者に提供することにより、当該運転性能の一時的低下を解消するように、車両１を制御する適正化処理と、運転者が有する複数の運転機能の何れかの運転性能が慢性的に低下していることが検出された場合に、当該運転性能の発揮を支援する情報を運転者に提供することにより、当該運転性能を維持又は向上させるように、車両１を制御する支援処理と、を実行する。【選択図】図６