Vehicle control system

A vehicle control system configured to control a vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising a single or plurality of processors, wherein:

• the single or plurality of processors is configured to acquire a physical fatigue degree of a driver of the vehicle, using a sensor that is equipped in the vehicle, wherein the acquired physical fatigue degree is based at least in part on a characteristic of a muscle at a particular location on the driver's body;
• the single or plurality of processors is configured to actuate a massage apparatus when an actuation condition is satisfied, the massage apparatus being installed at a driver's seat of the vehicle embedded in a bearing-surface seat of the driver's seat at a location corresponding to the particular location on the driver's body when the driver is seated in the driver's seat, the actuation condition including at least a condition that the physical fatigue degree exceeds a first threshold;
• the vehicle is a battery electric vehicle configured to use an electric motor as a dynamic power device for traveling, and includes a pseudo clutch pedal and a pseudo shift device;
• the pseudo clutch pedal is operated at a time of operation of the pseudo shift device;
• a driving mode of the battery electric vehicle includes a three-pedal mode in which an output of the electric motor with respect to operation of an accelerator pedal is changed depending on the operation of the pseudo clutch pedal and the operation of the pseudo shift device;
• in the three-pedal mode, the single or plurality of processors is configured to acquire the physical fatigue degree, and to actuate the massage apparatus when the actuation condition is satisfied;
• the driving mode of the battery electric vehicle further includes a two-pedal mode in which the operation of the pseudo clutch pedal is not necessary;
• the single or plurality of processors is further configured to switch the driving mode from the three-pedal mode to the two-pedal mode, when a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including at least a condition that the physical fatigue degree exceeds a second threshold during the three-pedal mode;
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• the single or plurality of processors is configured to determine whether the mode switching condition is satisfied, after the actuation condition is satisfied and the massage apparatus is actuated.

A vehicle control system configured to control a battery electric vehicle that uses an electric motor as a dynamic power device for traveling, the vehicle control system comprising a single or plurality of processors, wherein:

• the battery electric vehicle includes a pseudo clutch pedal and a pseudo shift device;
• the pseudo clutch pedal is operated at a time of operation of the pseudo shift device;
• a driving mode of the battery electric vehicle includes
• a three-pedal mode in which an output of the electric motor with respect to operation of an accelerator pedal is changed depending on the operation of the pseudo clutch pedal and the operation of the pseudo shift device, and
• a two-pedal mode in which the operation of the pseudo clutch pedal is not necessary;
• the single or plurality of processors is configured to acquire a physical fatigue degree of a driver of the battery electric vehicle, using a sensor that is equipped in the battery electric vehicle, wherein the acquired physical fatigue degree is based at least in part on a characteristic of a muscle at a particular location on the driver's body;
• the single or plurality of processors is configured to actuate a massage apparatus when an actuation condition is satisfied, the massage apparatus being installed at a driver's seat of the vehicle, embedded in a bearing-surface seat of the driver's seat at a location corresponding to the particular location on the driver's body when the driver is seated in the driver's seat, the actuation condition including at least a condition that the physical fatigue degree exceeds a first threshold;
• the sensor includes a clutch position sensor configured to detect the operation of the pseudo clutch pedal;
• the single or plurality of processors is configured to acquire the physical fatigue degree of the driver based on at least one of the number of times of the operation of the pseudo clutch pedal in a certain time and an operation time of the pseudo clutch pedal in the certain time;
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• the single or plurality of processors is configured to switch the driving mode from the three-pedal mode to the two-pedal mode, when a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including at least a condition that the physical fatigue degree exceeds the first threshold during the three-pedal mode.