IP Library Granted Patent US 12,351,167
Granted Patent B2
US 12,351,167 · App. 18/203,937 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Vehicle and control device

Inventor: Jinsong Duan (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
B60W30/09B60W30/095B60W2554/4041B60W2556/65
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Patent No.
US 12,351,167
App. No.
18/203,937
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle include a first wheel and a second wheel, a steering circuit configured to steer at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel, and a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with the first vehicle and the second vehicle. When the wireless communication circuit receives a scheduled route of the first vehicle from the first vehicle while the vehicle is traveling on a first scheduled route, and determines that a possibility of a collision with the first vehicle is equal to or greater than a certain value based on the first scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle. The vehicle creates a second scheduled route different from the first scheduled route, starts traveling on the second scheduled route, and transmits the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route to the second vehicle.

Claims (49)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a first wheel and a second wheel;

a steering circuit configured to steer at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel; and

a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with a first vehicle and the second vehicle,

wherein when the wireless communication circuit receives a scheduled route of the first vehicle from the first vehicle while the vehicle is traveling on a first scheduled route, and determines that a possibility of a collision with the first vehicle is equal to or greater than a certain value based on the first scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle,

the vehicle creates a second scheduled route different from the first scheduled route, starts traveling on the second scheduled route, and transmits the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route to the second vehicle.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a control circuit.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the possibility of the collision with the first vehicle, which is determined based on the first scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle, is set as a first possibility,

a possibility of the collision with the first vehicle, which is determined based on the second scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle, is set as a second possibility, and

the second possibility is lower than the first possibility.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the second scheduled route is a route on which the vehicle avoids the collision with the first vehicle.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the second vehicle that has received the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route is capable of performing control based on the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the scheduled route of the first vehicle includes at least one piece of position information and at least one piece of direction information.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first scheduled route and the second scheduled route includes at least one piece of position information and at least one piece of direction information.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position detection circuit configured to acquire position information.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the steering circuit performs steering with respect to the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel based on the first scheduled route and the second scheduled route.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a drive portion configured to drive the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel.

11. A control device mountable on a vehicle including a first wheel and a second wheel, a steering circuit configured to steer at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel, and a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with a first vehicle and a second vehicle, wherein

when the wireless communication circuit receives a scheduled route of the first vehicle from the first vehicle while the vehicle is traveling on a first scheduled route, and determines that a possibility of a collision with the first vehicle is equal to or greater than a certain value based on the first scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle,

the control device creates a second scheduled route different from the first scheduled route, starts traveling on the second scheduled route, and transmits the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route to the second vehicle.

12. The control device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a control circuit.

13. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the possibility of the collision with the first vehicle, which is determined based on the first scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle, is set as a first possibility,

a possibility of the collision with the first vehicle, which is determined based on the second scheduled route and the scheduled route of the first vehicle, is set as a second possibility, and

the second possibility is lower than the first possibility.

14. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the second scheduled route is a route on which the vehicle avoids the collision with the first vehicle.

15. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the second vehicle that has received the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route is capable of performing control based on the scheduled route of the first vehicle and the second scheduled route.

16. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the scheduled route of the first vehicle includes at least one piece of position information and at least one piece of direction information.

17. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

each of the first scheduled route and the second scheduled route includes at least one piece of position information and at least one piece of direction information.

18. The control device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a position detection circuit configured to acquire position information.

19. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the steering circuit performs steering with respect to the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel based on the first scheduled route and the second scheduled route.

20. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the vehicle further includes a drive portion configured to drive the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: DUAN, JINSONG
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064854/0463 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2020-200523 · Dec 2, 2020 · national
JP 2021-021156 · Feb 12, 2021 · national
JP 2021-021157 · Feb 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021040184 · Oct 29, 2021
Related Publication 20230303067A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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