Vehicle control device, vehicle control system, and vehicle control method

A vehicle control system comprising:

• a vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle;
• and
• an external device disposed outside the vehicle,
• the vehicle control device including
• a plurality of sensors configured to sense an area around the vehicle to generate sensing data,
• a travel control unit configured to selectively execute automated driving that controls travel of the vehicle on a basis of the sensing data of the plurality of sensors and remote driving that controls travel of the vehicle on a basis of operation information related to the remote driving of the vehicle transmitted from the external device, and
• a communication control unit configured to, in a case where it is determined that any of the plurality of sensors has failed during the automated driving, start transmission of the sensing data of the sensor other than the sensor determined to have failed to the external device, or start transmission of sensing data of the area around the vehicle generated on a basis of the sensing data to the external device, and
• the external device including
• a display unit configured to display a sensing result indicated by the sensing data, and
• a remote operation unit configured to receive an operation by a remote driver, generate the operation information according to the received operation, and transmit the operation information to the external device.