IP Library Granted Patent US 12709283
Granted Patent B2
US 12709283 · App. 18/883,848 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Processing method, driving system, and program product thereof

Inventor: Hiroyuki Ohsawa (Kariy-city, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
B60W50/02B60Q9/00B60W50/029H04W4/44B60W2556/45
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Patent No.
US 12709283
App. No.
18/883,848
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing method, which is executed by a processor to perform a processing related to driving of a host moving object with a driving system, includes: determining driving recovery of the host moving object, which is a recovery from an emergency operation of the host moving object to a driving operation of the host moving object, when the emergency operation is performed by the driving system, and notifying an outside of the host moving object about the driving recovery of the host moving object. The method further includes determining whether the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by a takeover by an operator of the host moving object or a transition of the driving system from the emergency operation.

Claims (32)

1 . A processing method executed by a processor to perform a processing related to driving of a host moving object with a driving system, the processing method comprising:

determining a driving recovery of the host moving object, which is a recovery from an emergency operation of the host moving object to a driving operation of the host moving object, when the emergency operation is performed by the driving system; and

notifying other road users existing in an external environment of the host moving object about the driving recovery of the host moving object by changing a notification state.

2 . The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

determining whether the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by a takeover by an operator of the host moving object.

3 . The processing method according to claim 2 , further comprising

determining that the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by the takeover by the operator of the host moving object when a failure in the driving system is continued and a failure in the takeover by the operator of the host moving object is resolved.

4 . The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

determining whether the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by a transition of the driving system from the emergency operation to a recovered state.

5 . The processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising

determining that the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by the transition of the driving system from the emergency operation to the recovered state when a failure in the driving system is resolved and a failure in an a takeover by an operator of the host moving object is resolved.

6 . The processing method according to claim 5 , further comprising

determining that the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by a takeover by an operator of the host moving object when the transition of the driving system from the emergency operation to the recovered state is limited by an external environmental factor of the host moving object, although the failure in the driving system is resolved and the failure in the takeover by the operator of the host moving object is resolved.

7 . The processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising

determining that the driving recovery of the host moving object is caused by a transition of the driving system from the emergency operation to a limited recovered state when a failure in a takeover by an operator of the host moving object continues and a failure in the driving system is resolved.

8 . The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

generating notification data to be transmitted to the external environment of the host moving object for notifying the driving recovery of the host moving object.

9 . The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

generating notification data that notifies the driving recovery of the host moving object in a cooperated manner with a control instruction transmitted from an external center, which communicates with the host moving object, to an infrastructure unit, which exists around the host moving object.

10 . The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

generating notification data that notifies the driving recovery of the host moving object in a visually stimulable manner toward the external environment of the host moving object when the notification data is output.

11 . The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

generating notification data that notifies the driving recovery of the host moving object in an audibly stimulable manner toward the external environment of the host moving object when the notification data is output.

12 . A driving system comprising:

a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium; and

a processor, by executing a program stored in the computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, performing processing related to driving of a host moving object, wherein

the processing, by executing a program stored in the computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, is configured to:

determine a driving recovery of the host moving object, which is a recovery from an emergency operation of the host moving object to a driving operation of the host moving object, when the emergency operation is performed by the driving system; and

notify other road users existing in an external environment of the host moving object about the driving recovery of the host moving object by changing a notification state.

13 . A processing program product stored in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, the processing program product comprising instructions to be executed by at least one processor for performing a processing related to driving of a host moving object with a driving system, the instructions comprising:

determining a driving recovery of the host moving object, which is a recovery from an emergency operation of the host moving object to a driving operation of the host moving object, when the emergency operation is performed by the driving system; and

notifying other road users existing in an external environment of the host moving object about the driving recovery of the host moving object by changing a notification state.