Automatic driving control device and automatic driving control method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorEiji OBA
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Abstract
A method for switching modes for operating a vehicle, a non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing the method, and information processing apparatuses. The method includes determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus, whether a mode for operating the vehicle is to be switched from one of autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous and manual driving modes. A state of a driver of the vehicle is obtained when the mode for operating the vehicle is determined to be switched. The method further includes switching, by the circuitry, the mode for operating the vehicle from the one of the autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous manual driving modes based on the obtained state of the driver.
Claims22
A method for switching modes for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus, whether a mode for operating the vehicle is to be switched from one of autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous and manual driving modes;
- obtaining a state of a driver of the vehicle when the mode for operating the vehicle is determined to be switched;
- and
- switching, by the circuitry, the mode for operating the vehicle from the one of the autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous manual driving modes based on the obtained state of the driver.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for switching modes for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining whether a mode for operating the vehicle is to be switched from one of autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous and manual driving modes;
- obtaining a state of a driver of the vehicle when the mode for operating the vehicle is determined to be switched;
- and
- switching the mode for operating the vehicle from the one of the autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous manual driving modes based on the obtained state of the driver.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- determine whether a mode for operating a vehicle is to be switched from one of autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous and manual driving modes;
- obtain a state of a driver of the vehicle when the mode for operating the vehicle is determined to be switched;
- and
- switch the mode for operating the vehicle from the one of the autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous manual driving modes based on the obtained state of the driver.
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- means for determining whether a mode for operating a vehicle is to be switched from one of autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous and manual driving modes;
- means for obtaining a state of a driver of the vehicle when the mode for operating the vehicle is determined to be switched;
- and
- means for switching the mode for operating the vehicle from the one of the autonomous and manual driving modes to the other of the autonomous manual driving modes based on the obtained state of the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.