Automatic drive vehicle
The transportation vehicle determines whether the calculated distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance (step S 14 ). If the determination result of step S 14 is positive, the transportation vehicle searches for the closest stoppable location to the current location (step S 15 ). The transportation vehicle also performs the pause task at the closest stoppable location. The transportation vehicle performs visualization processing of the surrounding circumstances of the drop-off location, and displays the processed image on touch-screen. The user specifies the detailed drop-off location while looking at the touch-screen (step S 16 ).
1. An automatic drive vehicle which is configured to travel autonomously from a pickup location to a drop-off location in accordance with a transportation request from a user, comprising:
one or more sensors for providing information on an area surrounding the automatic drive vehicle, wherein the one or more sensors include a camera mounted on the automatic drive vehicle;
a user interface; and
a controller configured to:
control the automatic drive vehicle to travel autonomously along a route from the pickup location to the drop-off location;
recognize an environment surrounding the automatic drive vehicle while controlling the automatic drive vehicle to travel autonomously; and
before reaching the drop-off location, determine whether a present location of the automatic vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the drop-off location;
based upon the present location of the automatic vehicle being equal to or less than the predetermined distance from the drop-off location, execute processing to visualize the surrounding environment and generate a processed image of the surrounding environment based on the information provided by the camera;
display the processed image to the user using the user interface, wherein the processed image is a camera image of the drop-off location;
perform a pause task, wherein the pause task is a task to automatically stop the automatic drive vehicle temporarily at a stoppable location closest to the present location during the display of the processed image by the user interface to the user before the user is dropped off; and
after the processed image is displayed by the user interface, and in response to the user specifying a detailed drop-off location in the processed image using the user interface, control the automatic drive vehicle as to travel autonomously along a route from the stoppable location to the detailed drop-off location that was specified by the user.
2. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to perform a deceleration processing,
wherein the deceleration processing is processing for setting a target speed of the automatic drive vehicle to be equal to or less than a predetermined speed during the providing of the processed image by the user interface portion.
3. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising
a database storing historical data of the stoppable location at which the pause task was carried out,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
specify, based on the historical data, a stoppable location which is determined based on proximity to the drop-off location and highest usage frequency as a most frequent stop location; and
perform the pause task when a distance of the route from the present location to the drop-off location is equal to or less than a distance from the most frequent stop location to the drop-off location.
4. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to execute superposition processing,
wherein the superposition processing is processing to superimpose availability information of a drop-off task on the processed image.
5. An automatic drive vehicle which is configured to travel autonomously along a route from a pickup location to a drop-off location in accordance with a transportation request from a mobile terminal of a user, comprising:
one or more sensors for providing information on an area surrounding the automatic drive vehicle, wherein the one or more sensors include a camera mounted on the automatic drive vehicle;
a communication interface configured to perform near-field communication with the mobile terminal;
a controller configured to:
control the automatic drive vehicle to travel autonomously along a route from the pickup location to the drop-off location;
recognize an environment surrounding the automatic drive vehicle while controlling the automatic drive vehicle to travel autonomously; and
before reaching the drop-off location, determine whether a present location of the automatic vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the drop-off location;
based upon the present location of the automatic vehicle being equal to or less than the predetermined distance from the drop-off location, execute processing to visualize the surrounding environment and generate a processed image of the surrounding environment based on the information provided by the camera;
display the processed image to the user on the mobile terminal, wherein the processed image is a camera image of the drop-off location;
perform a pause task, wherein the pause task is a task to automatically stop the automatic drive vehicle temporarily at a stoppable location closest to the present location during the display of the processed image to the mobile terminal of the user before the user is dropped off; and
after the processed image is displayed by the mobile terminal via the communication interface, and in response to the user specifying a detailed drop-off location in the processed image using the mobile terminal of the user via the communication interface, control the automatic drive vehicle to travel autonomously along a route from the stoppable location to the detailed drop-off location that was specified by the user.
6. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 5 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to perform a deceleration processing,
wherein the deceleration processing is processing for setting a target speed of the automatic drive vehicle to be equal to or less than a predetermined speed during the providing of the processed image to the mobile terminal.
7. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising
a database storing historical data of the stoppable location at which the pause task was carried out,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
specify, based on the historical data, a stoppable location which is determined based on proximity to the drop-off location and highest usage frequency as a most frequent stop location; and
perform the pause task when a distance of the route from the present location to the drop-off location is equal to or less than a distance from the most frequent stop location to the drop-off location.
8. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 5 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to execute superposition processing,
wherein the superposition processing is processing to superimpose availability information of a drop-off task on the processed image.
9. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors provide real-time information on the area surrounding the automatic drive vehicle, and
wherein the processed image is based on the real-time information provided by the one or more sensors.
10. The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more sensors provide real-time information on the area surrounding the automatic drive vehicle, and
wherein the processed image is based on the real-time information provided by the one or more sensors.