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Granted Patent B2
US 12,475,782 · App. 18/228,776 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Control device, recording medium, and data generation method

Inventors: Hiroshi Oyagi (Kyoto, JP); Masaki Ito (Toyota, JP); Yuki Takahashi (Sunto-gun Shizuoka, JP); Koji Ide (Gotemba, JP); Tomohiro Kaneko (Mishima, JP); Yoshihisa Shinoda (Sunto-gun Shizuoka, JP); Shigeki Nakayama (Gotemba, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/0125G01C21/3815G01C21/3837G06V20/582
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Patent No.
US 12,475,782
App. No.
18/228,776
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a processor that acquires travel data of a target vehicle, determines whether the target vehicle obeys a traffic rule, and adjusts a usage form of the travel data in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule.

Claims (52)

1 . A control device comprising:

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire travel data of a target vehicle,

determine whether the target vehicle obeys a traffic rule, and

adjust a usage form of the travel data in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule,

in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule, as the usage form, not accept the travel data as data to be used for generating map information including a road on which a vehicle different from the target vehicle can travel,

delete the travel data of the target vehicle in response to the target vehicle not obeying the traffic rule, and

generate the map information that includes the road that the target vehicle travels in accordance therewith and control traveling of the target vehicle to travel in accordance with the road, the map information including an unregistered road and a passable road at a time of an incident on the basis of the travel data of the target vehicle,

wherein the control device is arranged in the target vehicle.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule, as the usage form, the processor stops transmitting the travel data to an external device.

3 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the travel data further includes at least image data obtained by imaging a view in a traveling direction of the target vehicle, and

wherein the processor is configured to:

detect at least one of a sign and a signboard indicating the traffic rule by performing image analysis on the image data, and

determine whether the target vehicle obeys the traffic rule on a basis of a detection result of at least one of the sign and the signboard.

4 . The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the travel data further includes at least positional information of the target vehicle, and

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire other vehicle travel data groups for a plurality of other vehicles,

determine whether a number of traveling vehicles that have traveled on a route traveled by the target vehicle is a predetermined number or more on a basis of the travel data and the other vehicle travel data groups, and

determine that the target vehicle obeys the traffic rule in a case of determining that the number of the traveling vehicles is the predetermined number or more.

5 . The control device according to claim 4 , wherein the travel data further includes at least identification information that identifies the target vehicle, and

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire violation history information indicating a violation history associated with the identification information,

determine whether the number of the violation histories is a predetermined number of times or more, and

determine that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule, if it is determined that a number of violation histories is the predetermined number of times or more in a case of determining that the number of the vehicles that have traveled on the road is not the predetermined number or more.

6 . The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire map data,

determine whether the target vehicle travels on a public road on a basis of the map data and the travel data, and

determine that the target vehicle obeys the traffic rule in a case of determining that the target vehicle travels on the public road.

7 . The control device according to claim 6 , wherein the travel data further includes at least identification information that identifies the target vehicle, and

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire other vehicle travel data groups of a plurality of different vehicles and violation history information indicating violation histories associated with the identification information,

determine whether a number of traveling vehicles that have traveled on a route traveled by the target vehicle is a predetermined number or more on a basis of the travel data and the other vehicle travel data groups,

determine whether the traveling vehicle is the target vehicle on a basis of the identification information in a case of determining that the number of the traveling vehicles is the predetermined number or more,

determine whether a number of the violation histories of the target vehicle is less than a predetermined number of times in a case of determining that the traveling vehicle is the target vehicle, and

determine that the target vehicle travels on the public road in a case of determining that the number of the violation histories of the target vehicle is less than the predetermined number of times and determine that the target vehicle travels on a private road in a case of determining that the number of the violation histories of the target vehicle is not less than the predetermined number of times.

8 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where it is determined that the target vehicle obeys the traffic rule, the map information is generated on the basis of the travel data.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a processor to:

acquire travel data of a target vehicle,

determine whether the target vehicle obeys a traffic rule,

adjust a usage form of the travel data in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obeys the traffic rule,

in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule, as the usage form, not accepting the travel data as data to be used for generating map information including a road on which a vehicle different from the target vehicle can travel,

deleting the travel data of the target vehicle in response to the target vehicle not obeying the traffic rule, and

generating the map information that includes the road that the target vehicle travels in accordance therewith and controlling traveling of the target vehicle to travel in accordance with the road, the map information including an unregistered road and a passable road at a time of an incident on the basis of the travel data of the target vehicle,

wherein the control device is arranged in the target vehicle.

10 . A data generation method performed by a processor, comprising:

acquiring travel data of a target vehicle;

determining whether the target vehicle obeys a traffic rule;

adjusting a usage form of the travel data in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule;

in a case of determining that the target vehicle does not obey the traffic rule, as the usage form, not accepting the travel data as data to be used for generating map information including a road on which a vehicle different from the target vehicle can travel;

deleting the travel data of the target vehicle in response to the target vehicle not obeying the traffic rule; and

generating the map information that includes the road that the target vehicle travels in accordance therewith and controlling traveling of the target vehicle to travel in accordance with the road, the map information including an unregistered road and a passable road at a time of an incident on the basis of the travel data of the target vehicle,

wherein the control device is arranged in the target vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: OYAGI, HIROSHI; ITO, MASAKI; TAKAHASHI, YUKI; IDE, KOJI; KANEKO, TOMOHIRO; SHINODA, YOSHIHISA; NAKAYAMA, SHIGEKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064485/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-124363 · Aug 3, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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