Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

• obtaining stop gesture information that indicates a gesture of a first person outside of the vehicle, wherein
• the gesture corresponds to a sign to stop the vehicle;
• controlling, based on the stop gesture information, a notification device to notify a second person at a first time instant to start a procedure for braking the vehicle, wherein the second person is a passenger of the vehicle, and the second person is different from the first person;
• and
• controlling an invalidation operation of braking the vehicle based on an intervention instruction by a device, wherein
• the device is operable by the passenger,
• the intervention instruction corresponds to an instruction via an operation of the device at a second time instant, and
• the second time instant is after the first time instant.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a control method for a vehicle, the control method comprising:

• obtaining stop gesture information that indicates a gesture of a first person outside of the vehicle, wherein
• the gesture corresponds to a sign to stop the vehicle;
• controlling, based on the stop gesture information, a notification device to notify a second person at a first time instant to start a procedure for braking the vehicle wherein the second person is a passenger of the vehicle, and the second person is different from the first person;
• and
• controlling an invalidation operation of braking the vehicle based on an intervention instruction by a device, wherein
• the device is operable by the passenger,
• the intervention instruction corresponds to an instruction via an operation of the device at a second time instant, and
• the second time instant is after the first time instant.

A control system for a vehicle, the control system comprising:

• a camera;
• and
• circuitry configured to:
• obtain stop gesture information that indicates a gesture of a first person outside of the vehicle, wherein
• the gesture corresponds to a sign to stop the vehicle;
• control, based on the stop gesture information, a notification device to notify a second person at a first time instant to start a procedure for braking the vehicle, wherein the second person is a passenger of the vehicle, and the second person is different from the first person;
• and
• control an invalidation operation of braking the vehicle based on an intervention instruction by a device, wherein
• the device is operable by the passenger,
• the intervention instruction corresponds to an instruction via an operation of the device at a second time instant, and
• the second time instant is after the first time instant.