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US 12,049,242 · App. 17/873,247 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Driving handover control device and driving handover control method

Inventors: Toshiki Kindo (Yokohama, JP); Yuji Suzuki (Toyota, JP); Mutsumi Matsuura (Okazaki, JP); Tomoaki Miyazawa (Nagoya, JP); Shunsuke Tanimori (Susono, JP); Kuniaki Jinnai (Nagoya, JP); Kohta Tarao (Nagoya, JP); Yoshihiro Maekawa (Toyota, JP); Hiroki Awano (Tokyo-to, JP); Tae Sugimura (Miyoshi, JP); Tomoyuki Kuriyama (Hadano, JP); Yusuke Yokota (Susono, JP); Makoto Matsushita (Ichinomiya, JP); Yasuki Nakagawa (Toyota, JP); Atsushi Hanawa (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W60/0053B60W40/08B60W50/0205B60W50/14B60W60/0051B60W60/0057G05D1/0011G05D1/0022B60W2554/80
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,049,242
App. No.
17/873,247
Filed
Jul 26, 2022
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3668
USPC
701/2
Abstract

A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Claims (18)

1. A driving handover control device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:

in a case of a driving handover from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, implement a transition from the first state to a third state, in the third state the vehicle traveling by a fully autonomous driving mode, and

after the transition from the first state to the third state, implement a transition from the third state to the second state.

2. The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to implement the transition from the first state to the third state in a case in which the remote operator has requested that driving in the first state be ended.

3. The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to implement the transition from the first state to the third state in a case in which a preset condition for ending driving in the first state has been met.

4. The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to implement the transition from the first state to the third state in a case in which an abnormality of the remote operator who is driving in the first state has been detected by comparing a result of detecting a state of the remote operator with a threshold.

5. The driving handover control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case of a driving handover from the first state to the second state, notify the passenger of the driving handover during the third state, and

in a case in which the passenger has indicated acceptance in response to being notified, implement the transition from the third state to the second state.

6. A driving handover control method, comprising:

by a processor,

in a case of a driving handover from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, implementing a transition from the first state to a third state, in the third state the vehicle traveling by a fully autonomous driving mode, and

after the transition from the first state to the third state, implementing a transition from the third state to the second state.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform driving handover control processing, the driving handover control processing comprising:

in a case of a driving handover from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, implementing a transition from the first state to a third state, in the third state the vehicle traveling by a fully autonomous driving mode, and

after the transition from the first state to the third state, implementing a transition from the third state to the second state.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-144752 · Aug 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16933543 · Jul 20, 2020
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