Driving control method and driving control device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYasuhisa Hayakawa
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Abstract
A processor of a driving control device that controls driving of a subject vehicle at a predetermined driving assistance level determines whether a transition request that requires transition of a driving assistance level from a first driving assistance level to a second driving assistance level higher than the first driving assistance level is input, and relaxes the transition condition for the transition of the driving assistance level from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level when the transition request is input.
Claims11
A driving control method for controlling driving of a subject vehicle at a predetermined driving assistance level using a processor, the driving control method comprising:
- determining whether a transition request is input that requires transition of a driving assistance level from a first driving assistance level to a second driving assistance level higher than the first driving assistance level;
- when the transition request is input, relaxing a transition condition relating to a traveling environment of the subject vehicle for the transition of the driving assistance level from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level, compared with when the transition request is not input;
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- controlling the driving of the subject vehicle such that the driving assistance level transitions from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level when the traveling environment of the subject vehicle meets the transition condition,
- wherein the transition condition is set to be stricter than a transition possible condition, which is a condition for notifying an occupant of the subject vehicle that the driving assistance level can transition from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level.
A driving control device that controls autonomous driving of a subject vehicle at a predetermined driving assistance level using a processor, the driving control device comprising a processor configured to:
- determine whether a transition request is input that requires transition of a driving assistance level from a first driving assistance level to a second driving assistance level higher than the first driving assistance level;
- relax, when the transition request is input, a transition condition relating to a traveling environment of the subject vehicle for the transition of the driving assistance level from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level, compared with when the transition request is not input;
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- control the driving of the subject vehicle such that the driving assistance level transitions from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level when the traveling environment of the subject vehicle meets the transition condition,
- wherein the transition condition is set to be stricter than a transition possible condition, which is a condition for notifying an occupant of the subject vehicle that the driving assistance level can transition from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level.
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