IP Library Granted Patent US 12,466,315
Granted Patent B2
US 12,466,315 · App. 18/612,064 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Control device, control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Koichi Fujita (Toyota, JP); Jun Tohyama (Nisshin, JP); Daisuke Akaho (Nagoya, JP); Yuta Maniwa (Susono, JP); Natsumi Izawa (Kariya, JP); Shunichiroh Sawai (Tokyo-to, JP); Masahiko Nakamura (Okazaki, JP); Kenichiro Aoki (Machida, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60Q9/00B60Q2800/10
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Patent No.
US 12,466,315
App. No.
18/612,064
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a first processor. The first processor is configured to provide notification of a warning during autonomous driving to a first display unit of an onboard terminal installed in a vehicle; provide notification of the warning to a second display unit at a portable terminal carried by a vehicle occupant, via a second processor at the portable terminal; and in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied, disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal and provide notification of the warning to the onboard terminal.

Claims (22)

1 . A control device, comprising:

a first processor configured to:

provide notification of a warning, during autonomous driving, to a first display unit of an onboard terminal installed in a vehicle;

provide notification of the warning to a second display unit at a portable terminal carried by a vehicle occupant, via a second processor at the portable terminal;

in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied, disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal and provide notification of the warning to the onboard terminal; and

in a case in which the portable terminal is not being held by the vehicle occupant while the vehicle occupant is performing a secondary task other than driving, disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal.

2 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein the first processor is configured to disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal, in a case in which the portable terminal is not disposed in a predetermined position.

3 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein the first processor is further configured to:

disable notification of the warning to a portable terminal other than the portable terminal of the vehicle occupant, in a case in which a plurality of portable terminals are present in the vehicle.

4 . The control device of claim 3 , wherein the first processor is configured to disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal other than the portable terminal of the vehicle occupant, in a case in which the warning is of a predetermined level of importance or lower.

5 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein the first processor is configured to determine whether the portable terminal is not being held by the vehicle occupant while the vehicle occupant is performing the secondary task.

6 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein the first processor is configured to detect whether the portable terminal is not being held by the vehicle occupant while the vehicle occupant is performing the secondary task.

7 . A control method executed by a processor, the control method comprising:

providing notification of a warning during autonomous driving to a first display unit of an onboard terminal installed in a vehicle;

providing notification of the warning to a second display unit at a portable terminal carried by a vehicle occupant, via a second processor at the portable terminal;

in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied, disabling notification of the warning to the portable terminal and providing notification of the warning to the onboard terminal; and

in a case in which the portable terminal is not being held by the vehicle occupant while the vehicle occupant is performing a secondary task other than driving, disabling notification of the warning to the portable terminal.

8 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a control program executable by a processor to perform processing, the processing comprising:

providing notification of a warning during autonomous driving to a first display unit of an onboard terminal installed in a vehicle;

providing notification of the warning to a second display unit at a portable terminal of a vehicle occupant;

in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied, disabling notification of the warning to the portable terminal and providing notification of the warning to the onboard terminal; and

in a case in which the portable terminal is not being held by the vehicle occupant while the vehicle occupant is performing a secondary task other than driving, disabling notification of the warning to the portable terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FUJITA, KOICHI; TOHYAMA, JUN; AKAHO, DAISUKE; MANIWA, YUTA; IZAWA, NATSUMI; SAWAI, SHUNICHIROH; NAKAMURA, MASAHIKO; AOKI, KENICHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066855/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-075850 · May 1, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240367582A1 · Nov 7, 2024
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