IP Library Granted Patent US 12662167
Granted Patent B2
US 12662167 · App. 18/766,893 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Driving handover control device and driving handover control method

Inventors: Toshiki Kindo (Yokohama, JP); Yuji Suzuki (Toyota, JP); Mutsumi Matsuura (Okazaki, JP); Tomoaki Miyazawa (Nagoya, JP); Shunsuke Tanimori (Susono, JP); Kuniaki Jinnai (Nagoya, JP); Kohta Tarao (Nagoya, JP); Yoshihiro Maekawa (Toyota, JP); Hiroki Awano (Toyota, JP); Tae Sugimura (Tokyo, JP); Tomoyuki Kuriyama (Miyoshi, JP); Yusuke Yokota (Susono, JP); Makoto Matsushita (Ichinomiya, JP); Yasuki Nakagawa (Toyota, JP); Atsushi Hanawa (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W60/0053B60W40/08B60W50/0205B60W50/14B60W60/0051B60W60/0057G05D1/0011G05D1/0022G05D1/223G05D1/226B60W2554/80
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12662167
App. No.
18/766,893
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Claims (21)

1 . A driving handover control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:

in a case of a driving handover from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, implement a transition from the first state to a third state, in the third state the vehicle is controlled autonomously without receiving any instruction signal from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and

after the transition from the first state to the third state, implement a transition from the third state to the second state.

2 . The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect the driving handover from the first state to the second state; and

in a case in which the driving handover from the first state to the second state is detected, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implement the transition from the third state to the second state.

3 . The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to implement the transition from the first state to the third state in a case in which the first remote operator has requested that driving in the first state be ended.

4 . The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to implement the transition from the first state to the third state in a case in which a preset condition for ending driving in the first state has been met.

5 . The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a state of the first remote operator while driving in the first state and implement the transition from the first state to the third state based on the determined state of the first remote operator.

6 . The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case of the driving handover from the first state to the second state, notify the second remote operator of the driving handover during the third state, and

in a case in which the second remote operator has indicated acceptance in response to being notified, implement the transition from the third state to the second state.

7 . A driving handover control method comprising:

by a processor,

in a case of a driving handover from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, implementing a transition from the first state to a third state, in the third state the vehicle is controlled autonomously without receiving any instruction signal from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and

after the transition from the first state to the third state, implementing a transition from the third state to the second state.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform driving handover control processing, the driving handover control processing comprising:

in a case of a driving handover from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, implementing a transition from the first state to a third state, in the third state the vehicle is controlled autonomously without receiving any instruction signal from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and

after the transition from the first state to the third state, implementing a transition from the third state to the second state.