US 12,459,468 B2
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
Eiji Oba, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,855.
Application 17/226,855 is a continuation of application No. 15/738,797, granted, now 10,994,712, previously published as PCT/JP2016/064602, filed on May 17, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-133496 (JP), filed on Jul. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221339 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 7/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/0965 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/22 (2013.01) [B60T 7/14 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G08G 1/0965 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60T 2210/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A control device for a vehicle, the control device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
obtain stop gesture information that indicates a gesture of a first person outside of the vehicle, wherein
the gesture corresponds to a sign to stop the vehicle;
control, based on the stop gesture information, a notification device to notify a second person at a first time instant to start a procedure for braking the vehicle, wherein the second person is a passenger of the vehicle, and the second person is different from the first person; and
control an invalidation operation of braking the vehicle based on an intervention instruction by a device, wherein
the device is operable by the passenger,
the intervention instruction corresponds to an instruction via an operation of the device at a second time instant, and
the second time instant is after the first time instant.