US 11,873,002 B2
Assistance device for supporting switching between automatic driving mode and manual driving mode
Kiyoshi Komikawa, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroyuki Tominaga, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuhiro Yamane, Kanagawa (JP); Kousuke Mitsunaga, Kanagawa (JP); Satoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); Naomi Ushioda, Kanagawa (JP); and Toshiaki Ikematsu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,409.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-052946 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306145 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); B60K 2370/166 (2019.05); B60K 2370/172 (2019.05); B60K 2370/193 (2019.05); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assistance device that supports, in a vehicle capable of executing an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode as a driving mode, mode switching from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode, the assistance device comprising:
an acquisition interface that acquires data indicating a situation around the vehicle; and
a notification interface that communicates a candidate position derived based on the data acquired by the acquisition interface, the candidate position being a candidate of a position where the mode switching from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode should be executed and being indicated by a latitude and a longitude, wherein
the notification interface displays a graphic indicating the candidate position on a road included in a map image,
the notification interface communicates, during the manual driving mode, information related to a first road expected to be passed by the vehicle at a predetermined point of time, and
the notification interface communicates, during the automatic driving mode, information related to a second road expected to be passed by the vehicle beyond the candidate position at a point of time earlier than the predetermined point of time.