Vehicle system and vehicle control method
A vehicle system and vehicle control method enabling notifications to be made for smoothing traffic involving a host vehicle, that is, a vehicle system having a processor for judging a running state of a host vehicle, wherein in case of the processor judges that a second running state in which the host vehicle will change in behavior compared with a first running state in which the host vehicle or other vehicles present in the surroundings of the host vehicle are currently running will occur due to a predetermined reason, alerts the outside of the alert content including the predetermined reason.
1 . A vehicle system comprising:
a processor configured to judge a running state of a host vehicle,
wherein when the processor judges that a second running state in which the host vehicle will change in behavior compared with a first running state in which the host vehicle or other vehicles present in the surroundings of the host vehicle are currently running will occur due to a predetermined reason, the processor alerts an outside of the alert content including the predetermined reason, and
wherein when the processor judges that the host vehicle is running in a predetermined area in which manual driving vehicles operated by drivers and automated driving vehicles able to automatically run can run mixed together, the processor notifies that alert content to the outside.
2 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor displays to the outside a content including first information relating to the predetermined reason.
3 . The vehicle system according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the processor judges that the second running state will occur in order for the other vehicles and the host vehicle to run in cooperation in a predetermined road environment in which the host vehicle and the other vehicles run, the processor displays to the outside the alert content including the first information and second information relating to the second running state.
4 . The vehicle system according to claim 3 ,
wherein when the processor judges that the host vehicle running in a predetermined road environment, and the second running state including a wait state of the host vehicle waiting in order to give priority to the other vehicles will occur, or priority running in which the host vehicle runs given priority over the other vehicles will occur, the processor displays to the outside the alert content including the first information and the second information relating to the wait state or priority running.
5 . The vehicle system according to claim 4 ,
wherein when the processor judges that starting priority running after the wait state has occurred at the host vehicle in the predetermined road environment, the processor displays to the outside fourth information including a predetermined number of times giving priority to other vehicles and a predetermined time period required for the wait state.
6 . The vehicle system according to claim 5 ,
wherein when the processor judges that starting the priority running in the predetermined road environment, the processor displays to the outside the visual content emphasized over the usual visual content and outputs to the outside by voice the alert content emphasized over the usual alert content.
7 . The vehicle system according to claim 3 ,
wherein when the processor judges that the host vehicle running in the predetermined road environment, and a priority order will arise between the other vehicles and the host vehicle, the processor displays to the outside the alert content including third information relating to the reason for occurrence of the priority order.
8 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the processor judges that the second running state in which the host vehicle will run by a lower speed than the other vehicles will arise due to that host vehicle, the processor alerts fifth information including the predetermined reason derived from the host vehicle to the outside.
9 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the processor judges that the second running state accompanied with stopping will arise due to the host vehicle, the processor alerts sixth information including the predetermined reason derived from the host vehicle to the outside.
10 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the processor judges that another vehicle to be alerted at the outside in that predetermined area is a manual driving vehicle operated by a driver, the processor notifies that alert content to the outside.
11 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the processor judges that the second running state has occurred and notifying that alert content, the processor stores data on the results of judgment including the behavior of the host vehicle in the second running state and the reason for occurrence of the second running state.
12 . A vehicle control method operated by a computer, comprising:
monitoring running states of a host vehicle and other vehicles present in the surroundings of the host vehicle,
judging if a second running state in which the host vehicle will change in behavior compared with a first running state in which the host vehicle or the other vehicles are currently running will occur based on a predetermined reason,
notifying alert content including the predetermined reason to an outside if judging that the second running state will arise, and
notifying alert content to the outside if judging that the host vehicle is running in a predetermined area in which manual driving vehicles operated by drivers and automated driving vehicles able to automatically run can run mixed together will arise.