Control device and method for controlling a vehicle

Abstract

A device and method for controlling autonomous driving are provided. A driving automation device may include a processor and a memory storing: an engagement state of a driver of a vehicle; and control information associated with one or more autonomous driving functions of the vehicle. The memory may further store at least one instruction that is configured, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, to cause the driving automation device to: recognize, via at least one sensor of the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle; evaluate, based on the control information associated with the one or more autonomous driving functions, the engagement state of the driver for an autonomous driving portion of a trip, of the vehicle, during which the one or more autonomous driving functions of the vehicle are activated; and control, based on the engagement state, the one or more autonomous driving functions of the vehicle.

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