IP Library Granted Patent US 11,048,263
Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,263 · App. 15/840,221 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Autonomous driving device for vehicle

Inventor: Hiromitsu Urano (Numazu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 11,048,263
App. No.
15/840,221
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An autonomous driving device for a vehicle includes: an actuator; and an electronic control unit configured to detect presence or absence of a driver, generate a first travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, and generate a second travel plan by adding, to the first travel plan, a restriction including at least one of a lane change restriction and a vehicle speed restriction. The electronic control unit is configured to perform manned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, with the driver in the vehicle according to the first travel plan when the presence of the driver is detected, and perform unmanned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, with the driver not in the vehicle according to the second travel plan when the absence of the driver is detected.

Claims (53)

1. An autonomous driving device for a vehicle comprising:

an actuator; and

an electronic control unit configured to;

detect presence or absence of a driver in a driver's seat of the vehicle,

generate a first travel plan, the first travel plan being a travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously,

generate a second travel plan, the second travel plan being generated by adding, to the first travel plan, a restriction including at least one of a lane change restriction to prohibit a lane change of the vehicle and a vehicle speed restriction to reduce a speed of the vehicle compared to the first travel plan,

perform manned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, with the driver in the vehicle according to the first travel plan when the presence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected, and

perform unmanned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, with the driver not in the vehicle according to the second travel plan when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected.

2. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

a vehicle-dispatch signal receiver configured to receive a vehicle-dispatch signal for causing the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to;

generate a third travel plan when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver during the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle, and

perform the unmanned autonomous driving control according to the third travel plan, the third travel plan being a travel plan not including the restriction, the third travel plan being a travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel toward the predetermined destination.

3. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to lock a door of the vehicle before or after a start of the unmanned autonomous driving control when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected.

4. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a vehicle-dispatch signal receiver configured to receive a vehicle-dispatch signal for causing the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to perform the unmanned autonomous driving control by using a third travel plan, the third travel plan being a travel plan not including the restriction, the third travel plan being a travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel toward the predetermined destination, when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver before the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle is performed.

5. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to generate the second travel plan, the second travel plan being generated by adding, to the first travel plan, the restriction including the lane change restriction to prohibit the lane change of the vehicle and the vehicle speed restriction to reduce the speed of the vehicle compared to the first travel plan.

6. An autonomous driving device for a vehicle comprising:

an actuator; and

an electronic control unit configured to,

detect presence or absence of a driver in a driver's seat of the vehicle,

perform manned autonomous driving control according to a pre-generated travel plan when the presence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected,

perform unmanned autonomous driving control according to the travel plan when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected, the manned autonomous driving control causing the vehicle to travel autonomously with the driver in the vehicle, the unmanned autonomous driving control causing the vehicle to travel autonomously with the driver not in the vehicle, and

perform, by using the actuator, unmanned stop control for causing the vehicle to stop, when a predetermined time has elapsed since a start of the unmanned autonomous driving control or when the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance since the start of the unmanned autonomous driving control, during the unmanned autonomous driving control.

7. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 6 , further comprising;

a vehicle-dispatch signal receiver configured to receive a vehicle-dispatch signal for causing the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to;

generate the travel plan that causes the vehicle to travel autonomously,

generate the travel plan that causes the vehicle to travel to the predetermined destination when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver during the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle, and

when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver during the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle, perform the unmanned autonomous driving control, according to the travel plan and not to perform the unmanned stop control.

8. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to lock a door of the vehicle before or after the start of the unmanned autonomous driving control when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected.

9. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a vehicle-dispatch signal receiver configured to receive a vehicle-dispatch signal for causing the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured not to perform the unmanned stop control when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver before the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle is performed.

10. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the unmanned stop control prevents the vehicle from travelling.

11. An autonomous driving device for a vehicle comprising:

an actuator; and

an electronic control unit configured to;

detect presence or absence of a driver in a driver's seat of the vehicle,

generate a first travel plan, the first travel plan being a travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously,

generate a second travel plan when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected or when an instruction to cause the vehicle to travel with the driver not in the vehicle is received, the second travel plan being generated by adding, to the first travel plan, a restriction including at least one of a lane change restriction to prohibit a lane change of the vehicle and a vehicle speed restriction to reduce a speed of the vehicle compared to the first travel plan, and

perform unmanned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, according to the second travel plan.

12. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 11 , further comprising;

a vehicle-dispatch signal receiver configured to receive a vehicle-dispatch signal for causing the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to;

generate a third travel plan when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver during the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle, and

perform the unmanned autonomous driving control according to the third travel plan, the third travel plan being a travel plan not including the restriction, the third travel plan being a travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel toward the predetermined destination.

13. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to lock a door of the vehicle before or after a start of the unmanned autonomous driving control when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected.

14. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a vehicle-dispatch signal receiver configured to receive a vehicle-dispatch signal for causing the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to perform the unmanned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel toward the predetermined destination by using a third travel plan, the third travel plan being a travel plan not including the restriction, the third travel plan being a travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel toward the predetermined destination, when the vehicle-dispatch signal is received by the vehicle-dispatch signal receiver before the unmanned autonomous driving control for the vehicle is performed.

15. The autonomous driving device for the vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to generate the second travel plan when the absence of the driver in the driver's seat is detected or when the instruction to cause the vehicle to travel with the driver not in the vehicle is received, the second travel plan being generated by adding, to the first travel plan, the restriction including the lane change restriction to prohibit the lane change of the vehicle and the vehicle speed restriction to reduce the speed of the vehicle compared to the first travel plan.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: URANO, HIROMITSU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044858/0545 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-253176 · Dec 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180181135A1 · Jun 28, 2018
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