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Granted Patent B2
US 11,275,378 · App. 16/517,811 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Vehicle control system and vehicle control method

Inventors: Keisuke Hokai (Susono, JP); Kazuhiko Kamikado (Susono, JP); Taichi Kawanai (Susono, JP); Masahiro Harada (Hadano, JP); Nobuhide Kamata (Susono, JP); Yasuhiro Takagi (Toyota, JP); Hideo Fukamachi (Hadano, JP); Eiji Sakaguchi (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Hideyuki Matsui (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Yusuke Hayashi (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G05D1/0212B60W50/14G05D1/0088B60R1/00B60R2300/30B60W2050/009B60W2050/146G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,275,378
App. No.
16/517,811
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control system includes a vehicle control apparatus configured to set a target trajectory of a vehicle in autonomous driving, a manual driving database configured to contain manual driving trajectory information that indicates a manual driving trajectory that is a trajectory of the vehicle in manual driving, a weight acquisition device configured to acquire weight information that indicates weights of the target trajectory and manual driving trajectory, the weights being designated by a user of the vehicle, and a trajectory adjusting device configured to determine an integrated target trajectory by integrating the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory based on the weights indicated by the weight information. The vehicle control apparatus is configured to control the autonomous driving of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the integrated target trajectory.

Claims (30)

1. A vehicle control system comprising:

a manual driving database configured to contain manual driving trajectory information that indicates a manual driving trajectory that is a trajectory of a vehicle in manual driving;

at least one processor configured to:

set a target trajectory of the vehicle performing autonomous driving;

prompt a user to select a weight of the manual driving trajectory and a weight of the target trajectory;

acquire a user selection of the weight of the target trajectory and a user selection of the weight of the manual driving trajectory; and

determine an integrated target trajectory by integrating the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory based on the selected weight of the target trajectory and the selected weight of the manual driving trajectory; and

control the autonomous driving of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the integrated target trajectory.

2. The vehicle control system according claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, when there is a plurality of manual driving trajectories in a target travel range, acquire a representative manual driving trajectory by integrating the manual driving trajectories, and determine the integrated target trajectory by integrating the target trajectory and the representative manual driving trajectory based on the weights.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein: the vehicle control system comprises a human machine interface unit; and the weights are selected by the user through the human machine interface unit.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 3 , wherein: the human machine interface unit comprises a touch panel, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the human machine interface unit to display a weight selection screen that contains a plurality of buttons for selecting different weights.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 3 , wherein the human machine interface unit is configured to visually display the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 3 , wherein the human machine interface unit is configured to, based on an image in front of the vehicle being available, display the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory over the in front image.

7. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a map database configured to contain trajectory map information that indicates the target trajectory, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to set the target trajectory by reading the trajectory map information from the map database.

8. A vehicle control system that controls a vehicle, comprising:

a single or multiple processors; and

a storage device in which manual driving trajectory information that indicates a manual driving trajectory that is a trajectory of the vehicle in manual driving is stored, wherein the single or multiple processors are configured to:

set a target trajectory of the vehicle performing autonomous driving;

prompt a user to select a weight of the manual driving trajectory and a weight of the target trajectory;

acquire a user selection the weight of the target trajectory and a user selection of the weight of the manual driving trajectory,

determine an integrated target trajectory by integrating the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory based on the selected weight of the target trajectory and the selected weight of the manual driving trajectory, and

control the autonomous driving of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the integrated target trajectory.

9. A vehicle control method comprising:

setting a target trajectory of a vehicle performing autonomous driving;

storing manual driving trajectory information that indicates a manual driving trajectory that is a trajectory of the vehicle in manual driving;

prompting a user to select a weight of the manual driving trajectory and a weight of the target trajectory;

acquiring a user selection of the weight of the target trajectory and a user selection of the weight of the manual driving trajectory;

determining an integrated target trajectory by integrating the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory based on the selected weight of the target trajectory and the selected weight of the manual driving trajectory; and

controlling the autonomous driving of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the integrated target trajectory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2019
From: HOKAI, KEISUKE; KAMIKADO, KAZUHIKO; KAWANAI, TAICHI; HARADA, MASAHIRO; KAMATA, NOBUHIDE; TAKAGI, YASUHIRO; FUKAMACHI, HIDEO; SAKAGUCHI, EIJI; MATSUI, HIDEYUKI; HAYASHI, YUSUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-200207 · Oct 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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