Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Vehicle control device, map information management system, vehicle control method, and storage medium

Abstract:

Provided herein is a vehicle control device that includes a recognition unit that recognizes a surrounding status of a vehicle and a driving control unit that controls a speed and/or a steering of the vehicle. The driving control unit performs switching to a second driving state in which a driver has a higher degree of a monitoring obligation than in a first driving state. The vehicle control device further includes a map updating unit that updates intrinsic map information on the basis of the recognition result and when switching from the first driving state to the second driving state is performed by the driving control unit.