Patent ID: 11926338
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to
perform an automatic-driving control to stop a vehicle in accordance with detection of an abnormal state of a driver who drives the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling, the abnormal state being one of (i) an unconscious state of the driver, (ii) a non-concentrating state of the driver, or (iii) a driver absent state of the driver, and

when the vehicle is in a standby state after stopping of the vehicle by the automatic-driving control, perform an engine driving control to reduce how frequently an engine of the vehicle is started, compared with when the vehicle is in a normal traveling state, the normal traveling state being when the abnormal state of the driver is not detected, the standby state being a state in which an operation control of an air conditioner of the vehicle is allowed, wherein
the vehicle comprises a hybrid electric vehicle including a motor, and the engine and the motor are each coupled to a drive wheel, and
the circuitry is configured to cause the vehicle to travel by driving force of the engine in a period up to the stopping of the vehicle by the automatic-driving control.