Patent ID: 11904881
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An HMI control device configured to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle being capable of performing an autonomous driving as a first task, the HMI control device comprising:
a time acquisition unit that acquires a possible duration for the autonomous driving, the time acquisition unit acquiring the possible duration based on a predicted duration of a traffic congestion in a case where the autonomous driving is started due to the traffic congestion;
a presentation unit that presents, by the HMI device, a second task that an occupant on a driver's seat is able to execute during the autonomous driving based on the possible duration acquired by the time acquisition unit; and
a continuation operation reception unit that receives an input operation for continuing the second task under execution in a case where a temporary resolution of the traffic congestion is detected, wherein the second task refers to a task executed by the occupant except for a driving operation.