A vehicle control device includes: detecting at least one of a position or a state of occupant in a vehicle; determining an operation inputting part that is most easily operable for the occupant from among a plurality of operation inputting parts in the vehicle based on the at least one of the position or the state of the occupant which is detected in the detecting; notifying a consent request in the vehicle with respect to a processing content scheduled to be performed in response to an occurrence of an event; and validating consent operation to the operation inputting part that is most easily operable.

According to one aspect, mechanisms already in vehicles may be substantially repurposed or reconfigured to facilitate autonomous driving. Cruise control controls, e.g, a cruise control stem or stick, in a vehicle may be configured for use to activate and to deactivate an autonomous mode in the vehicle. By repurposing cruise control controls to activate and to deactivate an autonomous mode, drivers may efficiently activate and deactivate the autonomous mode while a vehicle operates, a vehicle includes an autonomy system, an activator mechanism, and a cruise control system. The autonomy system is configured to enable the vehicle to operate in an autonomous mode when the autonomy system is in an active state. The activator mechanism including a toggle having a first toggle state and a second toggle state. The toggle is in communication with the autonomy system to activate the active state when the toggle is in the first toggle state and to deactivate the active state when the toggle is in the second toggle state The cruise control system is arranged to be engaged to cause a speed of the vehicle to be automatically controlled, wherein the cruise control system is physically decoupled from the activator mechanism.

A driving control apparatus for a vehicle having a CACC function for performing convoy cruise by cooperative adaptive cruise control using an ACC function together with driving information on convoy vehicles obtained by vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and a tracking control function for performing steering control to perform following cruise to the preceding vehicle when it is determined that a lane cannot be recognized during the convoy cruise, the driving control apparatus has a function for: notifying a driver of CACC function cancelation and of tracking control start, in case in which failure has occurred in the vehicle-to-vehicle communication or the lane cannot be recognized during the convoy cruise; shifting to following cruise by the tracking control function; and setting override threshold values serving as a determination criterion of operation intervention for stopping the tracking control function to a second value greater than a first value of during normal operation.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a communication unit, a display, and a processor. The communication unit can establish communication with an external apparatus. The processor can control the display to activate a graphic object of a content on the basis of communication reliability between the external apparatus and the communication unit.

Disclosed is a control authority transfer apparatus of an autonomous vehicle, including a memory storing data on a plurality of users, and at least one processor setting driving operation priorities based on the data, wherein, in the state in which at least a part of autonomous driving control has failed, upon determining that a main user is in a state of being incapable of performing driving operation, the processor selects a first sub-user among a plurality of sub-users as a driving operation user according to the driving operation priorities, and selects a first device matching the first sub-user as a driving operation device.

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.

A system for transitioning a vehicle from an autonomous mode in response to a handover event, the system includes one or more processors and a memory device operably coupled with the one or more processors. The memory device stores a driver assessment module, an operational condition adjustment module, and a transitioning module. The driver assessment module configures the one or more processors to determine an ability level and a comfort level of a driver of the vehicle in response to the handover event. The operational condition adjustment module configures the one or more to adjust at least one operating condition of the vehicle to be within the ability level of the driver and comfort level. The transitioning module configures the one or more processors to transition the vehicle from the autonomous mode to a driver input mode.

A vehicle system is provided. The vehicle system includes a first driving input device, a second driving input device, and an autonomous vehicle control module. The autonomous vehicle control module is configured to monitor a driving behavior of a first driver operating the first driving input and to automatically transfer vehicle control of a vehicle from the first driver to the second driver when one or more requirements are met based on the driving behavior of the first driver. The autonomous vehicle control module is further configured to analyze switching of vehicle control between the first driver and the second driver.

A vehicle control device recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, controls steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle without depending on an operation of a driver of the vehicle based on the surrounding situation and map information, determines a driving mode of the vehicle to be one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, determines whether there is an error in the map information based on the surrounding situation and the map information, and in a case where an error is determined in the map information while the vehicle is driving in the second driving mode, continues the second driving mode when a preceding vehicle is recognized within a first predetermined distance, or changes the second driving mode to the first driving mode when a preceding vehicle is not recognized within the first predetermined distance.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing user intervention for a vehicle are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving an instruction to initiate an intervention session from a server, and providing, in response to receiving the instruction, a user interface associated with the intervention session for display on a terminal associated with the vehicle. The method further includes detecting, at the terminal, a user interaction corresponding to a command associated with operation of the vehicle, and generating a decision associated with the operation of the vehicle based at least in part on the command.