Patent ID: 11873002
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
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.