IP Library Granted Patent US 11,396,308
Granted Patent B2
US 11,396,308 · App. 16/499,369 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Vehicle control system, self-driving vehicle, vehicle control method, and program

Inventors: Shinji Nakadai (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Morinaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
B60W60/0015H04W4/46B60W2520/06B60W2556/65B60W2756/10
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Patent No.
US 11,396,308
App. No.
16/499,369
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The target setting unit 7 sets a target state of the self-driving vehicle 10 . The planned route creating unit 3 creates a planned route of the self-driving vehicle 10 for realizing the target state. The transmission unit 6 transmits the planned route to another vehicle. The response receiving unit 9 receives, from another vehicle, a notification indicating agreement with the planned route or disagreement with the planned route as a response to the planned route. The traveling control unit 8 controls the self-driving vehicle 10 so as to cause the self-driving vehicle 10 to travel along the planned route when the response receiving unit 9 has received the notification indicating agreement with the planned route.

Claims (26)

1. A vehicle control system provided in a self-driving vehicle, the vehicle control system, comprising:

at least one memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;

create a planned route of the self-driving vehicle;

create a plan of a non-traveling area, which is an area where the self-driving vehicle can travel and which is an area set as an area where the self-driving vehicle does not travel;

transmit the plan of the non-traveling area to another vehicle; and

receive, from the other vehicle, information on a partial area, which is an area within the non-traveling area and which the other vehicle has agreed with as the non-traveling area of the self-driving vehicle, wherein

the at least one processor, when creating the planned route again after receiving the information on the partial area, creates the planned route in an area other than the partial area.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one processor is configured to;

receive a plan of a non-traveling area created by another vehicle;

specify a partial area which is an area within the non-traveling area of the other vehicle and which is agreed with as the non-traveling area of the other vehicle; and

transmit information on the partial area to the other vehicle.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein

the at least one processor creates the plan of the non-traveling area on a basis of the planned route or a plurality of planned routes obtained in a process of creating the planned route.

4. A self-driving vehicle comprising a vehicle control system according to claim 2 .

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor creates the plan of the non-traveling area on a basis of the planned route or a plurality of planned routes obtained in a process of creating the planned route.

6. A self-driving vehicle comprising a vehicle control system according to claim 5 .

7. A self-driving vehicle comprising a vehicle control system according to claim 1 .

8. A vehicle control method, by a computer provided in a self-driving vehicle, comprising:

creating a planned route of the self-driving vehicle;

creating a plan of a non-traveling area, which is an area where the self-driving vehicle can travel and which is an area set as an area where the self-driving vehicle does not travel;

transmitting the plan of the non-traveling area to another vehicle;

receiving, from the other vehicle, information on a partial area, which is an area within the non-traveling area and which the other vehicle has agreed with as the non-traveling area of the self-driving vehicle; and

creating the planned route in an area other than the partial area when creating the planned route again after receiving the information on the partial area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2019
From: NAKADAI, SHINJI; MORINAGA, SATOSHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050556/0602 →
Continuity (1)
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