IP Library Granted Patent US 12,681,486
Granted Patent B2
US 12,681,486 · App. 18/731,746 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Information processing device and moving object

Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama (Miyoshi, JP); Yasuhiro Saito (Toyoake, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G05D1/227G06V20/52G05D2107/70G05D2109/10G06V2201/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,681,486
App. No.
18/731,746
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The information processing device includes: a manual command generation unit that generates a manual control command that defines a traveling motion of the moving object in response to an operation by an operator of the operator input device; an information acquisition unit that acquires detection information generated when the control of the remote manual driving mode in which the moving object travels in accordance with the manual control command is performed by the moving object in a period in which the moving object is detected to be in an assistance required state in which the travel assistance is required; an automatic command generation unit that generates an automatic control command for traveling the moving object without using the manual control command; and a transmission unit that sends at least the automatic control command to the moving object when the information acquisition unit acquires the detection information.

Claims (13)

1 . An information processing device for traveling of a moving object that is movable by unmanned driving, the information processing device comprising a processor configured to:

generate a manual control command based on an operation performed by an operator of an operator input device installed at a place different from the moving object, the manual control command being a command that defines a traveling motion of the moving object;

send the manual control command to the moving object;

determine whether the moving object is in an assistance required state during a period in which the moving object is in a remote manual driving mode, the assistance required state being a state in which the moving object requires travel assistance, and the remote manual driving mode being a mode in which the moving object travels according to the manual control command;

in a case where the moving object is in the assistance required state, determine whether a threshold time period has elapsed since the manual control command is sent to the moving object,

in a case where the threshold time period has elapsed, generate an automatic control command and send the automatic control command to the moving object, the automatic control command being a command to cause the moving object to travel without using the manual control command; and

in a case where the threshold time period has not elapsed, generate a stop command and send the stop command to the moving object, the stop command being a command to stop the moving object.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to calculate a distance between the moving object and an obstacle present at a right-hand side of the moving object,

determine whether the distance is less than a threshold, and

in a case where the distance is less than the threshold, determine that the moving object is in the assistance required state.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation input device includes a steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, and a brake pedal.