IP Library Granted Patent US 11,465,544
Granted Patent B2
US 11,465,544 · App. 16/718,926 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Vehicle

Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60P1/433B62D25/2054A61G3/062
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Patent No.
US 11,465,544
App. No.
16/718,926
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a vehicle cabin having a flat floor surface and being configured such that a user can embark; an entrance through which the user can embark and can disembark; a ramp that, at the entrance, extends from the floor surface toward a vehicle exterior; and a turntable that is provided at the floor surface and configured to enable directional change.

Claims (53)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle cabin having a flat floor surface and being configured such that a user can embark;

an entrance through which the user can embark and can disembark;

a ramp that, at the entrance, extends from the floor surface toward a vehicle exterior;

a turntable that is provided at the floor surface, the turntable is configured to enable to be mounted by a wheelchair, and the turntable is configured to enable directional change;

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory; and

a vehicle interior imaging section that images an interior of the vehicle cabin,

wherein the processor rotatably controls the turntable based on an image, captured by the vehicle interior imaging section, of a user seated in the wheelchair in the vehicle cabin.

2. The vehicle recited in claim 1 , wherein the ramp is stored under the floor surface at a position that is separated from an installment position of the turntable in a case in which the vehicle cabin is viewed in plan view.

3. The vehicle recited in claim 1 , further comprising a transfer section that is provided at the vehicle cabin and that is configured to enable transfer of a package to the user, wherein the processor rotates the turntable based on a transfer of the package to the user at the transfer section.

4. The vehicle recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle; and

an opening section provided at the vehicle cabin, which makes an accommodated package available to the user in a specific open state,

wherein the processor authenticates a person present at the vehicle exterior as a user who is permitted to embark the vehicle cabin, and, in a case in which the user has been authenticated, opens the entrance and places the opening section in the open state.

5. The vehicle recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle;

a receiving section configured to enable the user on the turntable to receive a package; and

a movement mechanism that moves the package to the receiving section based on authentication of the user,

wherein the processor authenticates the user coming aboard at the entrance and rotates the turntable in a case in which the user has received the package that has been moved to the receiving section.

6. The vehicle recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle;

a plurality of opening sections provided at the vehicle cabin, which make an accommodated package available to the user; and

a light emitting section provided at a front surface of each of the opening sections,

wherein the processor authenticates a person present at the vehicle exterior as a user who is permitted to embark the vehicle cabin, and, in a case in which the user has been authenticated, opens the entrance and causes the light emitting section of an opening section corresponding to the user's package to emit light.

7. The vehicle recited in claim 4 , further comprising a vehicle exterior imaging section provided adjacent to the entrance, which images the vehicle exterior, wherein the processor performs authentication based on a condition that an image of a face captured by the vehicle exterior imaging section is a match with an image of the user's face.

8. The vehicle recited in claim 7 , wherein the processor performs authentication based on a condition that identification information captured by the vehicle exterior imaging section is a match with identification information stored in advance at a storage section.

9. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle cabin having a flat floor surface and being configured such that a user can embark;

an entrance through which the user can embark and can disembark;

a ramp that, at the entrance, extends from the floor surface toward a vehicle exterior;

a turntable that is provided at the floor surface and that is configured to enable directional change;

a vehicle interior imaging section that images an interior of the vehicle cabin;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor rotatably controls the turntable based on an image, captured by the vehicle interior imaging section, of a user seated in a wheelchair in the vehicle cabin.

10. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , wherein the ramp is stored under the floor surface at a position that is separated from an installment position of the turntable in a case in which the vehicle cabin is viewed in plan view.

11. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , further comprising a transfer section that is provided at the vehicle cabin and that is configured to enable transfer of a package to the user, wherein the processor rotates the turntable based on a transfer of the package to the user at the transfer section.

12. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle; and

an opening section provided at the vehicle cabin, which makes an accommodated package available to the user in a specific open state,

wherein the processor authenticates a person present at the vehicle exterior as a user who is permitted to embark the vehicle cabin, and, in a case in which the user has been authenticated, opens the entrance and places the opening section in the open state.

13. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle;

a receiving section configured to enable the user on the turntable to receive a package; and

a movement mechanism that moves the package to the receiving section based on authentication of the user,

wherein the processor authenticates the user coming aboard at the entrance and rotates the turntable in a case in which the user has received the package that has been moved to the receiving section.

14. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle;

a plurality of opening sections provided at the vehicle cabin, which make an accommodated package available to the user; and

a light emitting section provided at a front surface of each of the opening sections,

wherein the processor authenticates a person present at the vehicle exterior as a user who is permitted to embark the vehicle cabin, and, in a case in which the user has been authenticated, opens the entrance and causes the light emitting section of an opening section corresponding to the user's package to emit light.

15. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , further comprising a vehicle exterior imaging section provided adjacent to the entrance, which images the vehicle exterior, wherein the processor performs authentication based on a condition that an image of a face captured by the vehicle exterior imaging section is a match with an image of the user's face.

16. The vehicle recited in claim 9 , wherein the processor performs authentication based on a condition that identification information captured by the vehicle exterior imaging section is a match with identification information stored in advance at a storage section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2019
From: HARA, YASUHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051383/0993 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-003617 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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