Driving control method and driving control apparatus
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMachiko Hiramatsu, Takashi Sunda, Hideaki Nemoto, Hwaseon Jang
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Abstract
When making a switch from automated driving to manual driving in a vehicle capable of switching between the manual driving and the automated driving, a driving control method of the present invention makes the switch to the manual driving after changing driving characteristics for the automated driving to switch driving characteristics suitable for the switch to the manual driving.
Claims21
A driving control method performed by a driving control apparatus in a vehicle capable of switching between manual driving in which the vehicle is caused to travel by a driving operation performed by an occupant and automated driving in which the vehicle is caused to travel without the driving operation performed by the occupant, the method comprising:
- when making a switch from the automated driving to the manual driving, making the switch to the manual driving after changing driving characteristics for the automated driving to switch driving characteristics suitable for the switch to the manual driving;
- and
- if the occupant adjusts and increases an inter-vehicular distance to a preceding vehicle longer than a distance set during the automated driving, setting the switch driving characteristics so that the inter-vehicular distance stay at a post-adjustment inter-vehicular distance;
- wherein a distance from the vehicle to the preceding vehicle in the switch driving characteristics is set to be longer than the distance set during the automated driving.
A driving control apparatus that makes a switch between automated driving and manual driving in a vehicle capable of switching between the manual driving and the automated driving, wherein
- when making a switch from the automated driving to the manual driving, the driving control apparatus makes the switch to the manual driving after changing driving characteristics for the automated driving to switch driving characteristics suitable for the switch to the manual driving;
- and
- if the occupant adjusts and increases an inter-vehicular distance to a preceding vehicle longer than a distance set during the automated driving, set the switch driving characteristics so that the inter-vehicular distance stay at a post-adjustment inter-vehicular distance;
- wherein a distance from the vehicle to the preceding vehicle in the switch driving characteristics is set to be longer than the distance set during the automated driving.
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