Patent ID: 11897482
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A control method for an automated driven vehicle, the control method comprising:
a grip request step for requesting a driver to grip a steering wheel in response to determining that a current driving scene, determined based at least on information collected by sensors in the vehicle, corresponds to a predetermined driving scene;
after the grip request step:
a grip status judging step for judging based on input information from the driver on the steering wheel whether a steering wheel grip status is a one-handed grip status or a two-handed grip status; and
a grip completion judging step for:
in response to judging that the steering wheel grip status is the two-handed grip status, automatically judging that the steering wheel grip status is a grip completion status where the gripping of the steering wheel is considered finished; and
in response to judging that the steering wheel grip status is the one-handed grip status, further judging at a time point later than when the grip request step was performed, whether the predetermined driving scene corresponds to a first type where the one-handed grip status would be sufficient for the grip completion status or corresponds to a second type where the two-hand grip status would be required for the grip completion status;
in response to judging that the predetermined driving scene corresponds to the first type, judging that the steering wheel grip status is the grip completion status; and
in response to judging that the predetermined driving scene corresponds to the second type, issuing a warning.