Patent ID: 11897330
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 5:
6. An accelerator pedal system comprising:
a pedal lever configured to perform an operation in accordance with a step-on operation;
a lock mechanism configured to be capable of restricting the operation of the pedal lever;
an actuator configured to switch between a locked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is restricted by the lock mechanism and an unlocked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is free from restriction by the lock mechanism; and
a controller including at least one processor configured
to determine switching of a locking operation by the lock mechanism,
to control a driving operation of the actuator, and
to acquire position information of the vehicle, wherein

the controller determines whether the vehicle is traveling on a specific position based on the acquired position information of the vehicle,
the controller causes the actuator to set the locked state of the pedal lever when the vehicle is traveling on a limited highway or a position area where a traffic congestion is occurring; and
the controller does not lock the pedal lever when the vehicle is traveling out of the specific position in the automatic driving mode.