Patent 11262752 was granted and assigned to Honda on March, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A vehicle controller that controls a vehicle having a first driving mode in which the vehicle travels according to a first control signal based on manual driving or automated driving, and has a second driving mode in which the vehicle travels according to the second control signal based on remote driving is provided, the vehicle controller including a signal comparing unit that compares, to a first control signal, a second control signal acquired by a second control signal acquiring unit while a vehicle control unit is controlling the travelling of the vehicle according to the first control signal, and a mode control unit that causes the vehicle to exit the first driving mode and enter the second driving mode when a comparison result by a signal comparing unit satisfies a predetermined condition.