A method for operating an automated vehicle. A request for the take-over of at least one driving task presently carried out by the automated vehicle is output to a driver of the automated vehicle. Prior to a transfer of the driving task to the driver following the request, at least one measure is carried out, with which at least one function of the automated vehicle, which represents a potential source of distraction for the driver during the transfer of the driving task, is deactivated or reduced.

A vehicle control system (1, 100) includes: a recognizer (120) configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; a controller (120, 160) configured to control one or both of steering and a decelerated or accelerated speed of the vehicle and perform driving support of the vehicle based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; and a mode controller (170) configured to cause the controller to perform first control such that the driving support is ended when the driving support ends in accordance with a first state in the vehicle and to cause the controller to perform second control such that the vehicle is decelerated while reducing a risk and subsequently end the second control when the driving support ends in accordance with a second state in the vehicle in a case in which the controller performs the driving support.

A vehicle includes a communication device configured to receive current position information; a plurality of devices for recognizing an obstacle; a storage for storing strategy information corresponding to a failure of each of the plurality of devices; and an autonomous drive control apparatus configured to diagnose a failure of the plurality of devices during autonomous driving, when at least one device fails, identify strategy information corresponding to the at least one device stored in the storage, and perform restriction control on at least one of a driving speed, a lane change, or a backward movement of the autonomous driving based on the strategy information, wherein the plurality of devices includes a plurality of image obtainers, a first distance detector including a plurality of radars, and a second distance detector including a plurality of LiDARs.

A plurality of sections in a planned travel route include a first basic section for a first automatic driving level, a second basic section for a second automatic driving level lower than the first automatic driving level, and a change preparation section and a main section in the first basic section. An information output control device controls an information output system so as to perform information output in accordance with an output structure allowed in a current section, among a plurality of types of output structures each determined by a combination of output information, an output format, and an output destination device. Allowed output structures for the change preparation section include part of not-allowed output structures for the main section and also include at least part of allowed output structures for the second basic section.

Techniques are described for transitioning control of a steering system from an autonomous mode in a vehicle to a driver-controlled mode where the driver can control the steering wheel of the steering system. A method includes receiving values that describe an amount of torque and a direction of torque in response to a torque applied to a steering wheel of a steering system operated in an autonomous mode, determining that the values are either greater than or equal to a threshold value or are less than or equal to a negative of the threshold value, determining that the values are measured over a period of time greater than or equal to a pre-determined amount of time, and transitioning the steering system from being operated in the autonomous mode to being operated in a driver-controlled mode in which the steering system is under manual control.

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.

A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The vehicle control apparatus can obtain periphery information of a vehicle and perform following control including steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle. In a case in which a front vehicle which is to be a following target does not satisfy a specific condition not including a speed condition, the vehicle control apparatus performs at least one of: lowering an automation level; and requesting a driver of the vehicle to perform a predetermined task which is not requested to the driver in a case in which the front vehicle satisfies the specific condition.

A method for controlling vehicle system of a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises determining an expected path of the vehicle, determining a vehicle trajectory for the determined expected path, and determining at least one required control parameter value of a driver assistance system based on the determined vehicle trajectory. Further, the method comprises comparing the at least one required control parameter value to a predefined threshold scheme associated with the driver assistance system, and sending a signal to a Human Machine Interface, HMI, of the vehicle based on the comparison. Then, the method comprises receiving a feedback signal originating from a user of the vehicle, and controlling the driver assistance system based on the comparison and the received feedback signal.

A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The apparatus does not suppress the lateral control in a case in which each of detection levels of both the lateral side and the rear side has reached a predetermined level, and suppresses the lateral control, which is accompanied by the steering control, in a case in which the detection level of at least one of the lateral side and the rear side has not reached the predetermined level, and wherein the lateral control includes a driver lane change in which the vehicle controller subjectively performs the travel control including the steering control based on a request from a driver, and a system lane change in which the vehicle control unit subjectively performs the travel control including the steering control based on a request from the vehicle control unit.

A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer (130) configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; a vehicle controller (120 and 160) configured to perform driving support to control one or both of steering and a deceleration or acceleration of the vehicle based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; a vigilance estimator (184) configured to estimate vigilance of a driver in the vehicle based on a detection result from a detector provided in the vehicle; and a task determiner (186) configured to determine a task requested of the driver while the driving support is performed by the vehicle controller and configured to raise a load of the task requested of the driver when the vigilance of the driver estimated by the vigilance estimator is lowered.