At least one processor detects whether a steering wheel is being gripped by a user who operates a mobile object, executes first movement control that is executable with the steering wheel not being gripped, and second movement control that is executable with the steering wheel being gripped, notifies the user, by using an outputter, that the user is requested to grip the steering wheel when gripping of the steering wheel is not detected after an operator for operating a direction indicator is operated while the first movement control is being executed with the steering wheel not being gripped, and continues the first movement control without shifting to the second movement control when the gripping is not detected after the notification is made.

When a vehicle information acquisition unit continuously acquires an On signal of a blinker switch, when the absolute value of a steering angle of a handle is 90° or greater, and a vehicle speed is a threshold or greater, a dialogue confirmation unit of this vehicle communication device selects a dialogue that corresponds to the On signal, the steering angle, and the vehicle speed from dialogues of group A stored in a dialogue storage unit. Thereafter, when the steering angle or the vehicle speed changes, the dialogue confirmation unit selects the dialogue that corresponds to changes in the steering angle or the vehicle speed from among dialogues of group.

Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth a computer-implemented method comprising receiving, from at least one sensor, sensor data associated with an environment, generating, based on the sensor data, a set of lane change data values associated with positions of at least two vehicles relative to a first lane position in the environment, determining, based on the set of lane change data values, a collision risk value associated with the at least two vehicles attempting to occupy the first lane position, and generating, based on the collision risk value, an output signal to a first vehicle included in the at least two vehicles.

It can be estimated accurately whether deceleration is intended to deviate from a scheduled route, and a drive assist can be performed in accordance with the estimated intention. A device includes: a route information acquisition unit configured to acquire route information containing a recommended route for a vehicle to travel to a destination; a deceleration detection unit configured to detect a deceleration operation or deceleration of the vehicle; a deceleration necessity determination result acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of deceleration necessity determination on whether deceleration is necessarily forced, based on a vehicle surrounding environment and the route information; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a prescribed deceleration intension in a case where deceleration of the vehicle or a deceleration operation is detected and the result of deceleration necessity determination indicates that deceleration is unnecessary, and execute processing for a drive assist in accordance with a result of the estimation.

A road recognition device includes a surroundings recognition section recognizing, as surroundings information, at least one of a shape of a roadside object and a travel history of another vehicle, a reliability setting section setting reliability of the surroundings information, a reference line setting section preferentially using surroundings information having higher reliability to determine a reference line of an own lane, and an output section outputting the reference line. When a direction indicator is in operation, the reliability setting section sets reliability of the surroundings information for a direction opposite to a direction indicated by the direction indicator so as to be lower. When the direction indicator is in operation, and the vehicle is traveling in a lane-change prohibition section, the reliability setting section sets reliability of the surroundings information including at least one of the shape of the roadside object and the travel history so as to be lower.

A vehicle position correction device corrects a position error of an host vehicle provided with a navigation control unit that includes a target route corrector that corrects a target route. The target route corrector detects a lane boundary of a lane in which the host vehicle travels. The target route corrector compares positional relationships between a detect lane boundary and a target route on a map, and calculates a lateral correction amount for the target route in situations where the target route is within a prescribed distance of the lane boundary, or in situations where the target route is on an opposite side of the lane boundary to the host vehicle. Upon calculating the lateral correction amount, the target route corrector moves the target route sideways in a lateral direction by the lateral correction amount to correct the target route.

An apparatus for processing an accelerator pedal mis-operation of a driver: includes a vehicle information obtaining device that obtains vehicle information corresponding to an operation of the driver; and a processor that detects an accelerator pedal monitoring situation based on the vehicle information and determine the accelerator pedal mis-operation of the driver based on an opening degree of an accelerator pedal corresponding to the operation of the driver in the accelerator pedal monitoring situation to switch a vehicle mode to enter a safe mode.

A system includes: a first camera configured to capture first images of a driver on a driver's seat within a passenger cabin of the vehicle; a second camera configured to capture second images in front of the vehicle; a driver module configured to determine a driver and a present rank of the driver; a module configured to detect a condition based on at least one of (a) a first image, (b) a second image, and (c) a parameter measured by a sensor; a reinforcement module configured to: display the present rank within the passenger cabin; generate an output within the passenger cabin in response to the detection of the condition; when no conditions are detected, increment a rank period of the driver; selectively increase the present rank of the driver; and generate an alert within the passenger cabin in response to the increasing of the present rank.

A method and a device are disclosed for partitioning a widened area of a limited traffic lane bounded by two edges, and through which a vehicle can be driven by a driver in an automated manner along a reference path, said vehicle comprising a lateral positioning aid with respect to the reference path. The method comprises detecting a lane split, determining a widened area (204), determining a plurality of reference paths, and partitions the widened area into a plurality of sub-areas according to the determined reference paths.

In one or more embodiments, a method comprises receiving, at a processor, an input signal from an input device in response to a first actuation of the input device by a driver of an autonomous vehicle. The input device is a device disposed with the autonomous vehicle and has a second actuation of the input device associated with a standard operation of the input device. The second actuation has an actuation pattern different from an actuation pattern of the first actuation. In response to the input signal, a determination is made by the processor to determine whether the autonomous vehicle can perform a maneuver safely. In response to determining that the autonomous vehicle can perform the maneuver safely, a signal is sent by the processor to cause the autonomous vehicle to perform the maneuver.