IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,428,038
Granted Patent B2
US 12,428,038 · App. 18/613,439 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Vehicle

Inventors: Haruki Oguri (Toyota, JP); Kenichi Yamada (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W60/005
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,428,038
App. No.
18/613,439
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a vehicle platform configured to execute a plurality of predetermined functions of the vehicle; an autonomous driving kit that is configured to issue an instruction for autonomous driving and is attachable to and detachable from the vehicle platform; and a vehicle control interface box configured to communicate with the autonomous driving kit and issue a control instruction to the vehicle platform based on an instruction from the autonomous driving kit. A vehicle mode state indicating a state of the vehicle platform includes a manual mode under control of a driver of the vehicle, an autonomous driving mode under control of the autonomous driving kit, and a standby mode in which an operation on the vehicle platform by the driver is prohibited. The vehicle mode state is shifted to the standby mode when the vehicle platform is activated based on a control instruction from the autonomous driving kit.

Claims (10)

1. A vehicle configured to execute autonomous driving, the vehicle comprising:

a vehicle platform configured to execute a plurality of predetermined functions of the vehicle;

an autonomous driving kit that is configured to issue an instruction for the autonomous driving and is attachable to and detachable from the vehicle platform; and

a vehicle control interface box configured to communicate with the autonomous driving kit and issue a control instruction to the vehicle platform based on an instruction from the autonomous driving kit, wherein:

a vehicle mode state indicating a state of the vehicle platform includes a manual mode under control of a driver of the vehicle, an autonomous driving mode under control of the autonomous driving kit, and a standby mode in which an operation on the vehicle platform by the driver is prohibited; and

the vehicle mode state is shifted to the standby mode when the vehicle platform is activated based on a control instruction from the autonomous driving kit.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein when the vehicle platform is activated based on the control instruction from the autonomous driving kit, the vehicle mode state is shifted from the manual mode to the standby mode after activation.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle mode state is shifted from the standby mode to the autonomous driving mode under a condition that a request for shifting to the autonomous driving mode is received from the autonomous driving kit after shifting to the standby mode.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein when the vehicle platform is activated based on the control instruction from the autonomous driving kit, the vehicle mode state is shifted from the manual mode to the standby mode after activation before a driving operation by the driver is enabled.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle mode state is set to the manual mode when the vehicle platform is activated by the driver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2024
From: OGURI, HARUKI; YAMADA, KENICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066869/0763 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-070999 · Apr 24, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240351617A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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