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Granted Patent B2
US 11,327,485 · App. 16/379,997 · Granted May 10, 2022

Control device for vehicle, and vehicle

Inventors: Jun Sato (Susono, JP); Keiko Tosaki (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G05D1/0061G05D1/0236G05D1/0246G05D1/0257G05D1/0278
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,327,485
App. No.
16/379,997
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a vehicle that has a sensor that acquires automated driving information required for automated driving and a display that provides a driver with information. The control device includes an electronic control unit including a processor configured to: perform automated driving for automatically performing operations for driving the vehicle based on the automated driving information; and make a driving intervention degree of the driver change during automated driving, including: judge a distance or a required time until an anticipated switching point where switching to manual driving is anticipated; judge a difficulty of take-over of a driver when switching to manual driving; set a demanded driving intervention degree of a driver during automated driving based on the distance or required time up to the anticipated switching point and the difficulty of take-over; and provide information relating to the demanded driving intervention degree to the driver.

Claims (32)

1. A control device for a vehicle,

wherein the vehicle comprises:

at least one sensor configured to acquire automated driving information required for automated driving; and

a display configured to provide a driver with information,

the control device comprising:

an electronic control unit including a processor configured to:

perform automated driving for automatically performing operations for driving the vehicle based on the automated driving information;

judge a distance or a required time until an anticipated switching point where switching to manual driving is anticipated;

judge a difficulty of take-over of a driver for switching to manual driving at the anticipated switching point;

set a demanded driving intervention degree of a driver during automated driving based on (i) the distance or required time up to the anticipated switching point and (ii) the difficulty of take-over;

provide information relating to the demanded driving intervention degree to the drive;

judge an actual driving intervention degree of the driver;

determine whether the actual driving intervention degree and the demanded driving intervention degree diverge;

based upon the determination that the actual driving intervention degree and the demanded driving intervention degree diverge, calculate a degree of the divergence between the actual driving intervention degree and the demanded driving intervention degree; and

provide information corresponding to the degree of divergence to the driver as information relating to the demanded driving intervention degree, so as to prompt the driver to change a condition of the driver so that the actual driving intervention degree becomes the demanded driving intervention degree.

2. The control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control unit is further configured to raise the demanded driving intervention degree if the distance or required time up to the anticipated switching point is short compared to when it is long.

3. The control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control unit is further configured to raise the demanded driving intervention degree if a take-over difficulty is high compared to when it is low.

4. A vehicle comprising:

at least one sensor configured to acquire automated driving information required for automated driving;

a display configured to provide a driver with information; and

an electronic control unit including a processor configured to:

perform automated driving for automatically performing operations for driving the vehicle based on the automated driving information;

judge a distance or a required time until an anticipated switching point where switching to manual driving is anticipated;

judge a difficulty of take-over of a driver for switching to manual driving at the anticipated switching point;

set a demanded driving intervention degree of a driver during automated driving based on (i) the distance or required time up to the anticipated switching point and (ii) the difficulty of take-over;

provide information relating to the demanded driving intervention degree to the drive;

judge an actual driving intervention degree of the driver;

determine whether the actual driving intervention degree and the demanded driving intervention degree diverge;

based upon the determination that the actual driving intervention degree and the demanded driving intervention degree diverge, calculate a degree of the divergence between the actual driving intervention degree and the demanded driving intervention degree; and

provide information corresponding to the degree of the divergence to the driver as information relating to the demanded driving intervention degree, so as to prompt the driver to change a condition of the driver so that the actual driving intervention degree becomes the demanded driving intervention degree.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: SATO, JUN; TOSAKI, KEIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048846/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-080613 · Apr 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190324452A1 · Oct 24, 2019