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

Claim 0:
1. 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
a locking operation determination unit configured to determine switching of a locking operation by the lock mechanism,
an actuator control unit configured to control a driving operation of the actuator, and
an information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, wherein

the controller determines whether the vehicle is traveling on a specific position based on the position information of the vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit,
the locking operation determination unit locks the pedal lever when the vehicle is traveling on the specific position in an automatic driving mode, and
the locking operation determination unit does not lock the pedal lever when the vehicle is traveling out of the specific position in the automatic driving mode.