Patent ID: 11904908
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A vehicle control device comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
one or more processors that execute the instructions to:
control one or both of steering and acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle;
determine a driving mode of the vehicle to be one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, in which the second driving mode is a driving mode in which a degree of automation is higher than that of the first driving mode and one or both of the steering and the acceleration or deceleration are controlled, and to change the driving mode to the first driving mode on the basis of an operation state of a wiper mounted on the vehicle when the vehicle is controlled in the second driving mode; and
control the wiper in a first mode in which the operating state of the wiper is controlled on the basis of a situation outside the vehicle, or in a second mode in which the operating state of the wiper is controlled on the basis of setting information acquired from a switch that is operated by the driver and receives the setting of the operating state of the wiper,
change the driving mode to the first driving mode when an operating state of the wiper is controlled in the first mode and the operating state of the wiper has satisfied a first condition, and
change the driving mode to the first driving mode when the operating state of the wiper is controlled in the second mode and the operating state of the wiper has satisfied a second condition that is different from the first condition,
wherein the second condition is a condition in which the time criterion is less than that of the first condition.