Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshifumi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Kaji
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Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a first detection unit configured to detect a direction of a face or a line of sight of an occupant of a subject vehicle, an automatic driving control unit configured to execute an automatic driving control, and a switching control unit configured to switch an automatic driving mode for causing the automatic driving control unit to execute the automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode. The switching control unit prevents the automatic driving control executed by the automatic driving control unit on the basis of a detection result by the first detection unit.
Claims10
A vehicle control system comprising:
- at least one camera configured to capture an image of a face of an occupant of a subject vehicle;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute a program to:
- detect a direction of the face or a line of sight of the occupant based on the image;
- execute automatic driving control that automatically controls travelling of the subject vehicle;
- and
- switch an automatic driving mode to execute an automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode in which predetermined tasks are required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is provided and a second automatic driving mode in which a degree of tasks required of the occupant is lower than a degree of predetermined tasks in the first automatic driving mode or an automation rate is higher than the predetermined automation rate of the first automatic driving mode,
- wherein the at least one processor performs predetermined image processing on the image and extracts a feature of the occupant from the image;
- wherein the at least one processor performs a calibration process as the plume and every process of the predetermined image and prevents the automatic driving control executed from a start of the calibration process to an end of the calibration process, and
- wherein the at least one processor prevents the automatic driving control being executed based on a detection result of the direction.
A vehicle control method for a computer, comprising a processor, mounted in a vehicle including at least one camera configured to capture an image of a face of an occupant of the vehicle, the vehicle control method comprising:
- detecting, by the processor, a direction of the face or a line of sight of the occupant based on the image;
- executing, by the processor, automatic driving control that automatically controls travelling of the subject vehicle;
- switching, by the processor, an automatic driving mode for executing automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode in which predetermined tasks are required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is provided and a second automatic driving mode in which a degree of tasks required of the occupant is lower than a degree of predetermined tasks in the first automatic driving mode or an automation rate is higher than a predetermined automation rate of the first automatic driving mode;
- performing, by the processor, predetermined image processing on the image and extracting a feature of the occupant from the image;
- performing, by the processor, a calibration process as the preliminary process of the predetermined image;
- preventing, by the processor, the automatic driving control executed from a start of the calibration process to an end of the calibration process;
- and
- preventing, by the processor, the automatic driving control under the second automatic driving mode based on a detection result of the direction.
A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a vehicle control program for causing a computer, comprising a processor, mounted in a vehicle including at least one camera configured to capture an image of a face of an occupant of the vehicle to execute:
- detecting a direction of the face or a line of sight of the occupant based on the image;
- executing automatic driving control that automatically controls travelling of the subject vehicle;
- switching an automatic driving mode for executing automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode in which predetermined tasks are required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is provided and a second automatic driving mode in which a degree of tasks required of the occupant is lower than a degree of predetermined tasks in the first automatic driving mode or an automation rate is higher than a predetermined automation rate of the first automatic driving mode;
- performing predetermined image processing on the image and extracting a feature of the occupant from the image;
- performing a calibration process as the preliminary process of the predetermined image;
- preventing the automatic driving control executed from a start of the calibration process to an end of the calibration process;
- and
- preventing the automatic driving control under the second automatic driving mode based on a detection result of the direction.
A vehicle control system, comprising:
- at least one camera configured to capture an image of a face of an occupant of a subject vehicle;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute a program to:
- detect a direction of the face or a line of sight of the occupant based on the image;
- execute automatic driving control that automatically controls traveling of the subject vehicle:
- and
- switching an automatic drive mode to execute an automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode in which predetermined tasks are required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is provided and a second automatic driving mode in which a degree of tasks required of the occupant is lower than a degree of predetermined tasks in the first automatic driving mode or an automation rate is higher than the predetermined automation rate of the first automatic driving mode,
- wherein the at least one processor performs predetermined image processing on an image captured by the camera and extracts a feature of the occupant from the image,
- wherein the at least one processor to detects an object covering a specific portion of the face of the occupant in the image based on the extracted feature, and
- wherein the at least one processor prevents the automatic driving control in a case where the object covering the specific portion of the face of the occupant is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.