IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,194,914
Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,914 · App. 18/508,712 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Vehicle

Inventor: Eisuke Ando (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60Q1/143B60Q1/52B60S1/0807G05D1/0212
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Patent No.
US 12,194,914
App. No.
18/508,712
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
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 (35)

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, wherein

in an autonomous driving mode, driver operation of a shift lever is not accepted,

the vehicle platform sets an operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with an operation mode request for the headlight system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for the headlight 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. 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, wherein

in an autonomous driving mode, driver operation of a shift lever is not accepted,

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

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

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , 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.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , 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.

8. The vehicle according to claim 6 , 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.

9. 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, the method comprising:

in an autonomous driving mode, not accepting driver operation of a shift lever,

setting an operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with an operation mode request for the headlight system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for the headlight 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 (4)
Continuation 18090559 · Dec 29, 2022
Continuation 17659541 · Apr 18, 2022
Continuation 17153930 · Jan 21, 2021
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