Operation selection device deciding on vehicle operation using weighting

1. An operation selection device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to:

perform communication between a self-driving device that is provided at a vehicle which performs self-driving, and a plurality of operating devices that enable the vehicle to be driven remotely via a remote-control operation performed by a remote-control driver, and that are individually provided for each of a plurality of remote-control drivers;

acquire information relating to remote-control operations performed by each remote-control driver using each of the plurality of operating devices for an event receiving the remote-control operation in the vehicle currently being driven remotely;

acquire, from the self-driving device, information relating to an autonomous operation that is required to perform the self-driving and that was created for the event;

determine whether the self-driving that is necessary to perform the autonomous operation would be difficult;

in a case that the self-driving is determined not to be difficult, cause the self-driving device to perform driving of the vehicle; and

in a case that the self-driving is determined to be difficult:

allocate a score, to each remote-control driver that could perform one of the plurality of remote-control operations instead of the autonomous operation;

decide, using a predetermined weighting, whether to choose the one of the plurality of remote-control operations or instead to proceed with the autonomous operation;

select one device among the plurality of operating devices or the self-driving device based upon the deciding; and

cause the selected device to perform driving of the vehicle by communicating with the selected device.

2. The operation selection device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to alter the weighting in accordance with the score belonging to the remote-control driver and a mode of the remote-control operation.

3. The operation selection device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured so that, when an incorrect operation is contained in the remote-control operations, the processor decides on the one operation after removing the incorrect operation.

4. The operation selection device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to allocate a frequency of remote-control operations to a remote-control driver based upon the score of the remote-control driver, wherein the higher the score of the remote-control driver, the higher the frequency of the remote-control operations allocated to the driver.

5. The operation selection device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to alter the weighting in accordance with an area and time of occurrence of the event.

6. An operation selection method performed by a processor, the method comprising:

performing communication between a self-driving device that is provided at a vehicle which performs self-driving, and a plurality of operating devices that enable the vehicle to be driven remotely via a remote-control operation performed by a remote-control driver, and that are individually provided for each of a plurality of remote-control drivers;

acquiring information relating to remote-control operations performed by each remote-control driver using each of the plurality of operating devices for an event receiving the remote-control operation in the vehicle currently being driven remotely;

acquiring, from the self-driving device, information relating to an autonomous operation that is required to perform the self-driving and that was created for the event;

determining whether the self-driving that is necessary to perform the autonomous operation would be difficult;

in a case that the self-driving is determined not to be difficult, cause the self-driving device to perform driving of the vehicle; and

in a case that the self-driving is determined to be difficult:

allocating a score, to each remote-control driver that could perform one of the plurality of remote-control operations instead of the autonomous operation;

deciding, using a predetermined weighting, whether to choose the one of the plurality of remote-control operations or instead to proceed with the autonomous operation;

selecting one device among the plurality of operating devices or the self-driving device based upon the deciding; and

causing the selected device to perform driving of the vehicle by communicating with the selected device.

7. The operation selection method according to claim 6 , further comprising altering the weighting in accordance with the score belonging to the remote-control driver and a mode of the remote-control operation.

8. The operation selection method according to claim 6 , wherein, when an incorrect operation is contained in the remote-control operations, the processor decides on the one operation after removing the incorrect operation.

9. The operation selection method according to claim 6 , further comprising allocating a frequency of remote-control operations to a remote-control driver based upon the score of the remote-control driver, wherein the higher the score of the remote-control driver, the higher the frequency of the remote-control operations allocated to the driver.

10. The operation selection method according to claim 6 , further comprising altering the weighting in accordance with an area and time of occurrence of the event.

11. A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a program that is executable by a processor to perform operation selection processing in which:

communication is performed between a self-driving device that is provided at a vehicle which performs self-driving, and a plurality of operating devices that enable the vehicle to be driven remotely via a remote-control operation performed by a remote-control driver, and that are individually provided for each of a plurality of remote-control drivers;

information relating to remote-control operations performed by each remote-control driver is acquired using each of the plurality of operating devices for an event receiving the remote-control operation in the vehicle currently being driven remotely;

information relating to an autonomous operation that is required to perform the self-driving and that was created for the event is acquired from the self-driving device;

whether the self-driving that is necessary to perform the autonomous operation would be difficult is determined;

in a case that the self-driving is determined not to be difficult, the self-driving device is caused to perform driving of the vehicle; and

in a case that the self-driving is determined to be difficult:

a score is allocated to each remote-control driver that could perform one of the plurality of remote-control operation instead of the autonomous operation;

whether to choose the one of the plurality of remote-control operations or instead to proceed with the autonomous operation is decided on using a predetermined weighting;

one device among the plurality of operating devices or the self-driving device is selected based upon the deciding; and

the selected device is caused to perform driving of the vehicle by communicating with the selected device.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein, in the operation selection processing, the weighting is altered in accordance with the score belonging to the remote-control driver and a mode of the remote-control operation.

13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein, in the operation selection processing, when an incorrect operation is contained in the remote-control operations, the one operation is decided on after the incorrect operation has been removed.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein, in the operation selection processing, allocating a frequency of remote-control operations to a remote-control driver based upon the score of the remote-control driver, wherein the higher the score of the remote-control driver, the higher the frequency of the remote-control operations allocated to the driver.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein, in the operation selection processing, the weighting is altered in accordance with an area and time of occurrence of the event.