Vehicle control system
US11180163B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Y2302/05
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit is configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, the control unit extracts a plurality of available stop areas according to information from at least one of an external environment recognition device and a map device, and selects a stop area from the available stop areas (A, B) by taking into account a possibility of the driver resuming driving the vehicle after the stop process has been initiated according to a result of monitoring the driver by an occupant monitoring device.
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