Vehicle control apparatus

1. A vehicle control apparatus capable of switching a driving state to automated driving and manual driving, comprising:

a notification unit configured to notify a driver of a switching request from the automated driving to the manual driving; and

a setting unit configured to set a notification timing of the notification unit,

wherein in a case in which a course change of a vehicle is needed up to a predetermined point during the automated driving, the setting unit sets a timing that comes earliest from a plurality of candidates of the notification timing,

the plurality of candidates includes:

a first candidate based on a condition necessary for completing the course change by the manual driving up to the predetermined point, and

a second candidate based on a condition necessary for setting the vehicle in a predetermined standby state by the automated driving up to the predetermined point, and

the notification of the notification unit is executed when the course change is impossible after a start of processing of the course change by the automated driving.

2. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first candidate and the second candidate are timings based on, as a condition, an elapse of a defined time common to the first candidate and the second candidate.

3. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined standby state is a stop state or a slow traveling state of the vehicle.

4. A vehicle control apparatus capable of switching a driving state to automated driving and manual driving, comprising:

a voice output device configured to notify a driver of a switching request from the automated driving to the manual driving by a voice, and

a controller including at least one processor and at least one storage device and configured to perform:

setting a timing that comes earliest from a plurality of candidates of notification timing of the voce output device in a case in which a course change of a vehicle is needed up to a predetermined point during the automated driving; and

executing the notification of the voice output device when the course change is impossible after a start of processing of the course change by the automated driving,

wherein the plurality of candidates includes:

a first candidate based on a condition necessary for completing the course change by the manual driving up to the predetermined point, and

a second candidate based on a condition necessary for setting the vehicle in a predetermined standby state by the automated driving up to the predetermined point.

5. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined standby state is a stop state or a slow traveling state of the vehicle.

6. A control method of a vehicle capable of switching a driving state to automated driving and manual driving, comprising:

setting a timing that comes earliest from a plurality of candidates of notification timing of notification of a driver of a switching request from the automated driving to the manual driving in a case in which a course change of a vehicle is needed up to a predetermined point during the automated driving, and

executing the notification when the course change is impossible after a start of processing of the course change by the automated driving,

wherein the plurality of candidates includes:

a first candidate based on a condition necessary for completing the course change by the manual driving up to the predetermined point, and

a second candidate based on a condition necessary for setting the vehicle in a predetermined standby state by the automated driving up to the predetermined point.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined standby state is a stop state or a slow traveling state of the vehicle.