An automatic driving system for vehicles safely switches a vehicle from an automatic drive mode to a manual drive mode. An automatic driving controller (2) of the automatic driving system (1) includes a travel behavior determining unit (21) that determines a travel behavior of a vehicle during automatic driving based on an operational state of a steering system (7), an accelerating system (8), and/or a braking system (9) thereof; a driver's state determining unit (22) that determines a state of a driver based on a face image of the driver captured by a face image camera (28), biometric information of the driver obtained from body pressure of the driver and variation thereof detected by body pressure sensors (30a, 31a) of a driver's seat (26), and signals from pressure-sensitive sensors (32a to 35a) arranged at a steering wheel (34) and the like; and a drive mode switching control unit (23) that controls in stages switching to manual driving based on the determination results.
AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES
AUTOMATISCHES ANTRIEBSSYSTEM FÜR FAHRZEUGE
SYSTÈME DE CONDUITE AUTOMATIQUE POUR VÉHICULES
2020-10-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
OPERATION IN AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE OR FLEET OF AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLES
European Patent Office | 2022
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