Abstract: In a vehicle control system, a control unit executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop position when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, if a sidewalk or a road sign is recognized ahead of the vehicle according to a signal from an external environment recognition device, the control unit determines the stop position according to the recognized sidewalk or road sign.

Abstract: A vehicle control device provides control over a prescribed unit. The vehicle control device includes: a program configuration information storage part that is configured to store therein a program for controlling the unit having been installed; a program update determination part that is configured to, when the unit is replaced by another, reference the program configuration information storage part and thereby determine whether or not an update of the program is required; and a program update part that is configured to update the program via OTA.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a mode setting control unit that suspends cancellation of a motor drive priority mode when a drive mode is changed from a first drive mode to a second drive mode in response to acceptance of a change to the second drive mode when a driving status recognition unit recognizes that a vehicle is able to drive or is driving in a state in which the motor drive priority mode is set and the drive mode is set to the first drive mode, and cancels the suspension to cancel the motor drive priority mode when the drive mode change acceptance unit does not accept a change to the third drive mode during a first suspension period.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101, 201) configured for autonomous driving, a control unit executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or a driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and a stop maintaining process for keeping the vehicle parked following the vehicle coming to a stop in the stop process. The control unit keeps the brake lamp turned on while the stop maintaining process is being executed.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving, a control unit (15) invokes an autonomous stopping mode when an intervention detection unit (10, 11, 13, 33) has failed to detect an acceptance of a driving intervention request by the driver when the driving intervention request is notified by a notification interface (31, 32), and the control unit restricts a functionality of the autonomous driving after the autonomous stopping mode has been invoked due to a driver's failure.

Abstract: An in-vehicle driving assistance apparatus that can execute driving assistance on the basis of any one of a plurality of control modes having mutually-different degrees of driving assistance, the apparatus comprising a receiving unit configured to receive a transition instruction of the control mode, a setting unit configured to set the control mode based on the transition instruction, a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a transition scheme for the control mode indicated by the transition instruction has a pre-registered detail, and a suppressing unit configured to suppress the setting of the control mode by the setting unit when the transition scheme for the control mode indicated by the transition instruction does not have the pre-registered detail.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving, and having a control unit (15) configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, the control unit determines if a person is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle according to information obtained by a surrounding condition acquiring unit (61), the control unit causing the external notification device (14) to generate the acoustic notification at a first notification volume when a person is present within the predetermined range, and at a second notification volume higher than the first notification volume when a person is not present within the predetermined range.

Abstract: A control system of a vehicle determines whether to require a shift from a first travel state in which an operation by a driver is not required to a second travel state in which the operation by the driver is required; makes an operation request to the driver when the shift is required; determines whether the driver has performed an operation in response to the request; and stops the vehicle in a predetermined position when the driver has not performed the operation, wherein in a case in which a lane change operation is required to stop the vehicle in the predetermined position, a speed of travel of the self-vehicle is reduced in accordance with each of a vehicle speed set for a first lane before the lane change operation and a vehicle speed set for a second lane after the lane change operation.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system, a control unit of the vehicle control system executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle. In the stop process, the control unit determines a plurality of available stop areas according to the vehicle surroundings and map information, and computes, for each available stop area, a cumulative travel risk obtained by accumulating a travel risk involved in traveling from a position of the vehicle when the stop process is initiated to each available stop area and a stop risk in stopping in each available stop area, the control unit determining a final stop area by comparing the cumulative travel risk with the stop risk in each available stop area sequentially from the nearest one.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit is configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, the control unit extracts a plurality of available stop areas according to information from at least one of an external environment recognition device and a map device, and selects a stop area from the available stop areas (A, B) by taking into account a possibility of the driver resuming driving the vehicle after the stop process has been initiated according to a result of monitoring the driver by an occupant monitoring device.

Abstract: An in-vehicle driving assistance apparatus that can execute driving assistance on the basis of any one of a plurality of control modes having mutually-different degrees of driving assistance, the apparatus comprising a receiving unit configured to receive a transition instruction of the control mode, a setting unit configured to set the control mode based on the transition instruction, a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a transition scheme for the control mode indicated by the transition instruction has a pre-registered detail, and a suppressing unit configured to suppress the setting of the control mode by the setting unit when the transition scheme for the control mode indicated by the transition instruction does not have the pre-registered detail.

Abstract: If a vehicle controller makes a gripping request, a grip determination unit changes a determination level (voltage threshold) of a grip sensor that is positioned in a particular area of a disposed area where a steering wheel is disposed, in a manner that it becomes less easy to determine that the steering wheel is gripped and it becomes easier to determine that the steering wheel is not gripped, compared with a determination level (voltage threshold) of the grip sensor that is positioned in an area other than an area in a particular direction.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving, and having a control unit (15) configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, the control unit determines if a person is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle according to information obtained by a surrounding condition acquiring unit (61), the control unit causing the external notification device (14) to generate the acoustic notification at a first notification volume when a person is present within the predetermined range, and at a second notification volume higher than the first notification volume when a person is not present within the predetermined range.

Abstract: A vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving includes an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle is operated without requiring an intervention of the driver at least in regard to steering or acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and an autonomous stopping mode in which the vehicle is brought to a stop in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle. A control unit (15) transfers driving responsibility in regard to an operation input unit to the driver when an operation amount applied to the operation input unit exceeds a first threshold when an autonomous driving mode is being executed, and when an operation amount applied to the operation input unit exceeds a second threshold greater than the first threshold when an autonomous stopping mode is being executed.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101, 201) configured for autonomous driving, a control unit executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or a driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and a stop maintaining process for keeping the vehicle parked following the vehicle coming to a stop in the stop process. The control unit keeps the brake lamp turned on while the stop maintaining process is being executed.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system, a control unit of the vehicle control system executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle. In the stop process, the control unit determines a plurality of available stop areas according to the vehicle surroundings and map information, and computes, for each available stop area, a cumulative travel risk obtained by accumulating a travel risk involved in traveling from a position of the vehicle when the stop process is initiated to each available stop area and a stop risk in stopping in each available stop area, the control unit determining a final stop area by comparing the cumulative travel risk with the stop risk in each available stop area sequentially from the nearest one.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit (15) acquires a position and a speed of the obstacle according to a signal from an external environment recognition device (6), computes a position of the obstacle at each of a plurality of time points in future, and an obstacle presence region defined around the object with a prescribed safety margin at each time point, determines a future target trajectory of the vehicle so as not to overlap with the obstacle presence region, and executes a stop process to bring the vehicle to a stop in a prescribed stop area when an input from the driver has failed to be detected in spite of an intervention request from the control system to the driver, the safety margin being greater when executing the stop process than when not executing the stop process.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving, a control unit (15) invokes an autonomous stopping mode when an intervention detection unit (10, 11, 13, 33) has failed to detect an acceptance of a driving intervention request by the driver when the driving intervention request is notified by a notification interface (31, 32), and the control unit restricts a functionality of the autonomous driving after the autonomous stopping mode has been invoked due to a driver's failure.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit is configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, the control unit extracts a plurality of available stop areas according to information from at least one of an external environment recognition device and a map device, and selects a stop area from the available stop areas (A, B) by taking into account a possibility of the driver resuming driving the vehicle after the stop process has been initiated according to a result of monitoring the driver by an occupant monitoring device.

Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit (15) executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop position when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, if a sidewalk or a road sign is recognized ahead of the vehicle according to a signal from an external environment recognition device (6), the control unit determines the stop position according to the recognized sidewalk or road sign.