US 12,246,755 B2
Vehicle controller, vehicle control method, and computer program for vehicle control
Takuro Kikuchi, Edogawa-ku Tokyo-to (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,714.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-061156 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311952 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0053 (2020.02) [B60W 30/095 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle controller comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine whether to transfer driving control of a vehicle under autonomous driving control to a driver,
notify the driver of a transition demand via a notification device provided in the vehicle in the case where driving control of the vehicle will be transferred to the driver,
execute deceleration control of the vehicle at predetermined timing after notification timing of the transition demand, and
continue deceleration control of the vehicle even after a predetermined period from the notification timing in the case where the speed of the vehicle decreases to a predetermined speed threshold or less within the predetermined period and where takeover operation by the driver to take over driving is not detected.