IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,850,997
Granted Patent B2
US 11,850,997 · App. 18/090,559 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Vehicle

Inventor: Eisuke Ando (Nagoya-shi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60Q1/143B60Q1/52B60S1/0807G05D1/0212
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Patent No.
US 11,850,997
App. No.
18/090,559
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a first driver setting mode indicates an “OFF mode” or an “AUTO mode,” a VP accepts a light operation mode request from an ADK. When an operation is performed by a user, the VP changes an operation mode of a headlight in accordance with the operation by the user. When the operation by the user has not been performed, the VP changes the operation mode of the headlight in accordance with the light operation mode request.

Claims (61)

1. A vehicle on which an autonomous driving system is mountable, the vehicle comprising:

a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the autonomous driving system; and

a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving system,

the vehicle platform including a headlight system, a hazard light system, a front wiper system, and a rear wiper system, wherein

in an autonomous driving mode, driver operation of a shift lever is not reflected in propulsion direction status indicating a current shift range,

the vehicle platform sets an operation mode of each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system in accordance with an operation mode request for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system, and

the vehicle platform sets the operation mode with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation mode request.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a mode other than the first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

the first prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an AUTO mode,

the OFF mode is a mode in which a headlight is turned off, and

the AUTO mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the headlight system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a mode other than the second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

the second prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an Auto mode,

the OFF mode is a mode in which a front wiper in the front wiper system is stopped, and

the Auto mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the front wiper system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

the front wiper system includes as the operation mode, an intermittent operation mode in which a front wiper is intermittently operated, and

when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to the intermittent operation mode, the vehicle platform

sets an operation interval in accordance with an operation interval request that indicates the operation interval of the front wiper in the intermittent operation mode received from the autonomous driving system and/or the operation by the user onto the operation apparatus, and

sets the operation interval with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation interval request.

9. A vehicle comprising:

an autonomous driving system that creates a driving plan;

a vehicle platform that carries out vehicle control in accordance with an instruction from the autonomous driving system; and

a vehicle control interface that interfaces between the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving system,

the vehicle platform including a headlight system, a hazard light system, a front wiper system, and a rear wiper system, wherein

in an autonomous driving mode, driver operation of a shift lever is not reflected in propulsion direction status indicating a current shift range,

the vehicle platform sets an operation mode of each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system in accordance with an operation mode request for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system, and

the vehicle platform sets the operation mode with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation mode request.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein

when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein

when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a mode other than the first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

12. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein

the first prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an AUTO mode,

the OFF mode is a mode in which a headlight is turned off, and

the AUTO mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the headlight system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

13. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein

when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein

when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a mode other than the second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

15. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein

the second prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an Auto mode,

the OFF mode is a mode in which a front wiper in the front wiper system is stopped, and

the Auto mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the front wiper system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

16. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein

the front wiper system includes as the operation mode, an intermittent operation mode in which a front wiper is intermittently operated,

when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to the intermittent operation mode, the vehicle platform

sets an operation interval in accordance with an operation interval request that indicates the operation interval of the front wiper in the intermittent operation mode received from the autonomous driving system and/or the operation by the user onto the operation apparatus, and

sets the operation interval with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation interval request.

17. A method of controlling a vehicle on which an autonomous driving system is mountable, the vehicle including a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the autonomous driving system and a vehicle control interface that interfaces between the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving system, the vehicle platform including a headlight system, a hazard light system, a front wiper system, and a rear wiper system, the method comprising:

in an autonomous driving mode, not reflecting driver operation of a shift lever in propulsion direction status indicating a current shift range,

setting an operation mode of each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system in accordance with an operation mode request for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system; and

setting the operation mode with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation mode request.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-015727 · Jan 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
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