Patent ID: 11953899
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 6:
7. A vehicle control device which is configured to communicate with a center and makes a vehicle autonomously run, the vehicle control device comprising:
an autonomous sensor configured to obtain a peripheral environment of the vehicle;
a data transmitter section configured to transmit data obtained by the autonomous sensor to the center;
an obstacle detection part configured to detect an obstacle in front of a course of the vehicle based on information obtained by the autonomous sensor;
a stop control unit configured to stop the vehicle based on detection of an obstacle by the obstacle detection part and to transmit a first signal to the center; and
a restart control unit configured to, when a second signal for permitting to restart running of the vehicle from the center is received after the vehicle is stopped by the stop control unit, restart the running of the vehicle, wherein
the stop control unit is configured to, after receiving a third signal for indicating that a present location of the vehicle is in a predetermined place of which safety is confirmed by the center based on a previous confirmation result of safety at the predetermined place, prevent the vehicle from being stopped even when the obstacle detection part detects an obstacle.