公开(公告)号：US20220306145A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17704409

申请日：2022-03-25

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kiyoshi KOMIKAWA ,  Hiroyuki TOMINAGA ,  Kazuhiro YAMANE ,  Kousuke MITSUNAGA ,  Satoshi TANAKA ,  Naomi USHIODA ,  Toshiaki IKEMATSU

IPC: B60W50/14 ,  B60W30/182 ,  B60K35/00 ,  G01C21/36

Abstract: A vehicle can execute an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode as a driving mode. An assistance device supports mode switching from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode. The assistance device includes an acquisition interface and a notification interface. The acquisition interface acquires data indicating a situation around the vehicle. The notification interface that communicates a candidate position derived based on the data acquired by the acquisition interface, the candidate position being a candidate of a position where the mode switching should be executed.