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Granted Patent B2
US 12,411,491 · App. 17/952,942 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Remote moving application software and remote moving system

Inventor: Tatsuya Hashimoto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G05D1/005B60W50/16B60W60/001B60W2050/143B60W2510/1005
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Patent No.
US 12,411,491
App. No.
17/952,942
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a remote moving control is executed, and a state of controlling a vehicle is a state of changing a shift state of a transmission apparatus of the vehicle, a remote moving application software controls a terminal control unit to cause an operation terminal to generate vibration having a vibration pattern different from the vibration pattern of the vibration generated by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is a state other than the state of changing the shift state or output informing sounds having an output pattern different from the output pattern of the informing sounds output by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is the state other than the state of changing the shift state.

Claims (22)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a remote moving application software comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, performs a remote moving control,

wherein the remote moving application software is installed in a terminal control unit of an operation terminal to enable the terminal control unit to wirelessly communicate to a vehicle control unit of a vehicle to cause the vehicle control unit to execute the remote moving control to autonomously control braking and shifting of the vehicle so as to move, brake and change gears of the vehicle in response to user operations applied to the operation terminal,

wherein the remote moving application software is programmed to control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate vibration or (ii) output informing sounds, depending on a state of controlling the vehicle when the remote moving control is executed,

wherein when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) the state of controlling the vehicle is a state of changing a shift state of a transmission apparatus of the vehicle by autonomously shifting the vehicle,

the remote moving application software is programmed to control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having a vibration pattern different from the vibration pattern of the vibration generated by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is a state other than the state of changing the shift state or (ii) output the informing sounds having an output pattern different from the output pattern of the informing sounds output by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is the state other than the state of changing the shift state.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the remote moving application software is programmed to:

when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) the state of controlling the vehicle is a state of moving the vehicle,

control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having a predetermined moving vibration pattern or (ii) output the informing sounds having a predetermined moving informing sound output pattern; and

when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) the state of controlling the vehicle is the state of changing the shift state,

control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having a shift change vibration pattern different from the predetermined moving vibration pattern or (ii) output the informing sounds having a shift change informing sound output pattern different from the predetermined moving informing sound output pattern.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the remote moving application software is programmed to:

when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) the state of controlling the vehicle is a state of braking the vehicle,

control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having a predetermined braking vibration pattern or (ii) output the informing sounds having a predetermined braking informing sound output pattern; and

when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) the state of controlling the vehicle is the state of changing the shift state,

control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having a shift changing vibration pattern different from the predetermined braking vibration pattern or (ii) output the informing sounds having a shift change informing sound output pattern different from the predetermined braking informing sound output pattern.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the remote moving application software is programmed to:

when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) an obstacle is detected around the vehicle,

control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having the vibration pattern different from the vibration pattern which depends on the state of controlling the vehicle or (ii) output the informing sounds having the output pattern different from the output pattern which depends on the state of controlling the vehicle.

5. A remote moving system which (i) causes a terminal control unit of an operation terminal and a vehicle control unit of a vehicle to wirelessly communicate to each other and (ii) causes the vehicle control unit to execute a remote moving control to autonomously control braking and shifting of the vehicle so as to move, brake and change gears of the vehicle in response to user operations applied to the operation terminal,

wherein the remote moving system is configured to control the terminal control unit to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate vibration or (ii) output informing sounds, depending on a state of controlling the vehicle when the remote moving control is executed,

wherein when (i) the remote moving control is executed, and (ii) the state of controlling the vehicle is a state of changing a shift state of a transmission apparatus of the vehicle by autonomously shifting the vehicle,

the terminal control unit is configured to cause the operation terminal to (i) generate the vibration having a vibration pattern different from the vibration pattern of the vibration generated by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is a state other than the state of changing the shift state or (ii) output the informing sounds having an output pattern different from the output pattern of the informing sounds output by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is the state other than the state of changing the shift state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: HASHIMOTO, TATSUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061221/0743 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-157689 · Sep 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230108802A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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