Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorEiji Oba
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Abstract
A method for decelerating a vehicle, a non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing the method, and reception apparatuses. The method includes monitoring a state of a driver of the vehicle, and causing a notification to be output based on the monitored state of the driver. The method further includes determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus and when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate after the notification is output. The vehicle is caused by the circuitry to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate. A passenger of the vehicle may trigger an automatic emergency stop (unit 23), which in turn may be overridden by the driver (switch 24).
Claims22
A method for decelerating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- monitoring a state of a driver of the vehicle;
- causing a notification that indicates the state of the driver to be output based on the monitored state of the driver, the notification being presented to a person inside the vehicle that is not the driver;
- determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus and when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate based on whether a first instruction to stop the vehicle is received in response to the notification that is output to the person inside the vehicle;
- and
- causing, by the circuitry, the vehicle to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate, wherein
- the notification is presented by a light that emits a predetermined color based on the monitored state of the driver.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for decelerating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- monitoring a state of a driver of the vehicle;
- causing a notification that indicates the state of the driver to be output based on the monitored state of the driver, the notification being presented to a person inside the vehicle that is not the driver;
- determining, when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate based on whether a first instruction to stop the vehicle is received in response to the notification that is output to the person inside the vehicle;
- and
- causing the vehicle to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate, wherein
- the notification is presented by a light that emits a predetermined color based on the monitored state of the driver.
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- monitor a state of a driver of a vehicle;
- cause a notification that indicates the state of the driver to be output based on the monitored state of the driver, the notification being presented to a person inside the vehicle that is not the driver;
- determine, when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate based on whether a first instruction to stop the vehicle is received in response to the notification that is output to the person inside the vehicle;
- and
- cause the vehicle to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate, wherein
- the notification is presented by a light that emits a predetermined color based on the monitored state of the driver.
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- means for monitoring a state of a driver of a vehicle;
- means for causing a notification that indicates the state of the driver to be output based on the monitored state of the driver, the notification being presented to a person inside the vehicle that is not the driver;
- means for determining, when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate based on whether a first instruction to stop the vehicle is received in response to the notification that is output to the person inside the vehicle;
- and
- means for causing the vehicle to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate, wherein
- the notification is presented by a light that emits a predetermined color based on the monitored state of the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.