Abstract: According to an embodiment, a surroundings recognition device includes an acquirer configured to acquire first road information including a road boundary near a host vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a road boundary near the host vehicle on the basis of an output of an external environment sensor, and a determiner configured to determine that a first road boundary matches a second road boundary when the second road boundary included in second road information that is a recognition result of the recognizer is within a road boundary determination area based on a position of the first road boundary included in the first road information acquired by the acquirer. The determiner sets a size of the road boundary determination area on the basis of a predetermined condition.

Abstract: There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit controls a position of the self-vehicle in a width direction so as to ensure a first predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle and to ensure a second predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the boundary of the first lane. In a case in which both the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval cannot be ensured, the control unit controls the position of the self-vehicle in the width direction to preferentially ensure the first predetermined interval when the other vehicle has crossed a first boundary between the first lane and the second lane and to preferentially ensure the second predetermined interval when the other vehicle has not crossed the first boundary.

Abstract: A vehicle notification apparatus includes: a positioning sensor detecting a position of the vehicle and a microprocessor. The microprocessor performs: acquiring a position data of an emergency vehicle; notifying an approach information of the emergency vehicle; and determining whether the emergency vehicle is approaching the vehicle based on the position of the vehicle detected by the positioning sensor and the acquired position data. The microprocessor performs further determining whether a notification of the approach information is permitted based on a command transmitted from the emergency vehicle, and when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is approaching the vehicle and that the notification of the approach information is permitted, notifying an occupant of the approach information, while when it is determined that the notification of the approach information is not permitted, not notifying the approach information.

Abstract: An airbag device includes: an airbag body that is configured to deploy toward a front side of a driver; and a control unit that is configured to deploy the airbag body using a first deployment method when a central axis of a rim portion of a steering member of a vehicle is in a first state and a deployment condition is satisfied and deploy the airbag body using a second deployment method in a second state when an inclination angle of the central axis in relation to the central axis in the first state exceeds a threshold and the deployment condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving in which at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is automatically controlled; and a mode setter configured to set a mode of the automated driving which is executed by the automated driving controller and to set the mode of automated driving to an exchangeable mode in which an occupant who sits in a driver seat is able to be exchanged when the automated driving is executed in a mode in which an occupant needs to sit in the driver seat of the vehicle and predetermined conditions have been satisfied. Accordingly, it is possible to enable smooth exchange of an occupant during automated driving.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an object placement portion in which an object can be placed, an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration or deceleration and steering of a vehicle, and an object placement controller configured to change the object placement portion from a first mode to a second mode in which the object placement portion is more easily used by an occupant of the vehicle than in the first mode in accordance with a control state of automated driving executed by the automated driving controller.

Abstract: A subject vehicle includes: a communication device communicating with an external device; a detection unit detecting a state of the surroundings of a subject vehicle; a driving support control unit executing driving support of automatically executing at least a part of speed control or steering control of the subject vehicle on the basis of the state of the surroundings of the subject vehicle detected by the detection unit; an extraction unit extracting environment information causing a change in control in the driving support from information of the state of the surroundings of the subject vehicle detected by the detection unit; and a communication control unit transmitting the environment information extracted by the extraction unit to an external device using the communication unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control device including a recognizing unit that recognizes another vehicle present in an adjacent lane adjacent to a travel lane in which a self-vehicle travels, a determining unit that, on the basis of behavior of the other vehicle recognized by the recognizing unit and a determination standard set with respect to the behavior, determines whether or not the other vehicle will change lanes into the travel lane of the self-vehicle, and a controller that, in accordance with a result of the determination by the determining unit as to whether or not the other vehicle will change lanes, controls travel of the self-vehicle, wherein the determining unit changes the determination standard in accordance with a distance between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle in a travel direction of the self-vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes an emergency vehicle position acquiring section that acquires position information of an emergency vehicle; a road structure acquiring section that acquires a structure of a user's own vehicle travel road on which a vehicle is traveling; and an avoidance control section that performs avoidance control causing the vehicle to get out of the way, if the position information of the emergency vehicle has been acquired. In a case where the emergency vehicle is an oncoming vehicle and the road has a median strip, the avoidance control section suppresses the avoidance control when there is no opening in the median strip between the vehicle and the emergency vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit controls a position of the self-vehicle in a width direction so as to ensure a first predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle and to ensure a second predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the boundary of the first lane. In a case in which both the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval cannot be ensured, the control unit controls the position of the self-vehicle in the width direction to preferentially ensure the first predetermined interval when the other vehicle has crossed a first boundary between the first lane and the second lane and to preferentially ensure the second predetermined interval when the other vehicle has not crossed the first boundary.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a surroundings recognition device includes an acquirer configured to acquire first road information including a road boundary near a host vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a road boundary near the host vehicle on the basis of an output of an external environment sensor, and a determiner configured to determine that a first road boundary matches a second road boundary when the second road boundary included in second road information that is a recognition result of the recognizer is within a road boundary determination area based on a position of the first road boundary included in the first road information acquired by the acquirer. The determiner sets a size of the road boundary determination area on the basis of a predetermined condition.

Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognition unit that is configured to recognize nearby vehicles traveling around a subject vehicle, an automated driving control unit that is configured to implement a plurality of automated driving modes in which at least one of speed control and steering control of the subject vehicle is automatically implemented, the plurality of automated driving modes having different degrees of surroundings monitoring obligation of the subject vehicle imposed on an occupant of the subject vehicle, and a management unit that is configured to manage the surroundings monitoring obligation of the subject vehicle, the management unit being configured to reduce the surroundings monitoring obligation of the subject vehicle when vehicle platooning in which the subject vehicle travels while following a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the subject vehicle among the nearby vehicles recognized by the recognition unit is implemented by the automated driving control unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control system including: a surrounding state detector is configured to detect a state of the surroundings, a first running assistor is configured to automatically control at least acceleration/deceleration or steering such that the subject vehicle can run along a route to a destination; a monitor is configured to monitor whether or not the first running assistor is in a predetermined state and limit an operation of the first running assistor in a case in which the first running assistor is in the predetermined state; and a second running assistor is configured to assist a occupant's driving on the basis of the result of the detection executed and perform steering control according to a relation between the subject vehicle and a lane in a case in which the first running assistor is determined as being in the predetermined state.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a travel control unit configured to control travel of a vehicle on the basis of an action plan including a plurality of events that are sequentially executed to control acceleration and deceleration or steering when the vehicle travels; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect a specific abnormal state that affects a control result of the travel control unit based on the action plan; and a changing unit configured to change content controlled by the travel control unit on the basis of either or both of a type of an event being executed according to control by the travel control unit and a type of an event scheduled to be executed following the event being executed among events included in the action plan when the specific abnormal state is detected by the abnormality detection unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an automatic driving control unit configured to automatically control at least one of acceleration or deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle, an operation reception unit configured to receive an operation of a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle, an estimation unit configured to estimate a state of the vehicle occupant, and an override control unit configured to perform an override for switching from automatic driving to manual driving on the basis of the operation from the vehicle occupant received by the operation reception unit and suppress the override in a case where a decrease of a driving intention of the vehicle occupant is estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller that is configured to execute automated driving of automatedly controlling at least one of speed control and steering control of a vehicle; an estimator that is configured to estimate a degree of wakefulness of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle; and an output controller that is configured to cause an outputter to output a first content requiring the vehicle occupant of the vehicle engage in active behavior in a case in which the degree of wakefulness is estimated as being equal to or lower than a criterion by the estimator when the automated driving is executed by the automated driving controller, whereby the degree of wakefulness of the vehicle occupant of the vehicle can be maintained at a necessary level or higher in automated driving.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic driving control device advantageous for a vehicle or the like in which a route can be changed during movement to a destination. An automatic driving control device, wherein a navigation device is provided with a route generation unit for generating a second route which is difference from a first route on the basis of predetermined conditions, and a determination unit for determining whether to change from the first route to the second route when an automatic driving permissible interval included in the second route is different from the automatic driving permissible interval included in the first route. When the route has been determined by the determination unit to be changeable from the first route to the second route, a control unit executes an automatic driving mode in the automatic driving permissible interval included in the second route.

Abstract: A vehicle control system including: an acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a traffic situation of an advancing direction destination of a subject vehicle; a prediction unit is configured to predict a future state related to the subject vehicle or the periphery of the subject vehicle with reference to the traffic situation that is acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that is configured to perform vehicle control, and is configured to suppress switching or release of the vehicle control in a case where the prediction unit is configured to predict that the vehicle control will return to a state before the switching or the release is performed within a predetermined period or within a predetermined travel distance after the switching or the release of the vehicle control is performed.

Abstract: A vehicle control system including: a recognition unit that is configured to recognize a peripheral situation of a subject vehicle; an automated driving control unit that is configured to execute a plurality of driving modes including an automated driving mode of automatically performing at least one of speed control and steering control of the subject vehicle, and switch a driving mode that is executed on the basis of the peripheral situation recognized by the recognition unit; a communication unit that is configured to transmit information related to switching sites switched to a driving mode in which the degree of automated driving is low by the automated driving control unit on the basis of the peripheral situation recognized by the recognition unit to an external device, and receive information related to a specific site derived on the basis of the information related to the switching sites, which is collected from vehicles, from the external device; and an information providing unit that is configured t