IP Library Granted Patent US 10,279,682
Granted Patent B2
US 10,279,682 · App. 15/518,546 · Granted May 7, 2019

In-vehicle device, autonomous vehicle, autonomous driving assistance system, autonomous driving monitoring device, road management device, and autonomous driving information gathering device

Inventor: Yoshiaki Tsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
B60K35/00B60W30/00G01C21/34G05D1/0212G05D1/0278G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 10,279,682
App. No.
15/518,546
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An autonomous driving display system includes: an autonomous driving control device to carry out autonomous driving; an autonomous driving display device display state of which is recognizable from outside a vehicle; and an in-vehicle device to make the autonomous driving control device carry out autonomous driving of the vehicle upon receiving an autonomous driving instruction signal instructing autonomous driving, monitor start of the autonomous driving of the vehicle by the autonomous driving control device, and control a display state of the autonomous driving display device to be in a display state different from a display state before the autonomous driving is started when the autonomous driving of the vehicle is started by the autonomous driving control device.

Claims (14)

1. An in-vehicle device installed in an autonomous driving enabled vehicle that is a vehicle capable of carrying out autonomous driving, the in-vehicle device making a display device, whose display state is recognizable from outside the autonomous driving enabled vehicle, display either of an autonomous driving state and a non-autonomous driving state not being the autonomous driving state, the in-vehicle device comprising:

a reception unit to receive a determination signal allowing determination on which of the autonomous driving state and the non-autonomous driving state to display on the display device;

a transmission unit; and

a control unit to transmit a display instruction according to the determination signal received by the reception unit to the display device via the transmission unit, wherein

the reception unit receives, as the determination signal, a switching instruction signal instructing switching to either of autonomous driving and non-autonomous driving not being the autonomous driving from an autonomous driving information gathering device provided as an infrastructure, and

the control unit transmits the display instruction associated with the switching instruction signal received from the reception unit to the display device via the transmission unit.

2. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reception unit receives, as the determination signal, a driving state signal indicating the driving state from the autonomous driving enabled vehicle, and

the control unit transmits the display instruction associated with the driving state signal received by the reception unit to the display device via the transmission unit.

3. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit monitors the driving state of the autonomous driving enabled vehicle, and makes the display device display a display state different from a display state indicating the autonomous driving state and a display state indicating the non-autonomous driving state, during switching from the non-autonomous driving state to the autonomous driving state or during switching from the autonomous driving state to the non-autonomous driving state.

4. An autonomous vehicle comprising:

an autonomous driving control device to carry out autonomous driving;

a display device display state of which is recognizable from outside the autonomous vehicle; and

the in-vehicle device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2017
From: TSUDA, YOSHIAKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041980/0781 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-221207 · Oct 30, 2014 · national
JP 2014-221208 · Oct 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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