IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,539,868
Granted Patent B2
US 12,539,868 · App. 18/405,390 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Information processing apparatus

Inventors: Ikuma Suzuki (Okazaki, JP); Wataru Kanda (Nisshin, JP); Kaiji Itabashi (Nagoya, JP); Yoshihisa Yamada (Nagoya, JP); Kazuki Miyake (Okazaki, JP); Tamotsu Kondoh (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W50/087B60W40/107B60W40/109B60W40/114B60W50/12
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Patent No.
US 12,539,868
App. No.
18/405,390
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a data set including a requested acceleration as information representing movement of a vehicle in a front-rear direction and any one of a steering angle, a yaw rate, and a rotation radius as information representing movement of the vehicle in a lateral direction from each of a plurality of applications, an arbitration unit configured to perform arbitration of information representing the movement of the vehicle in the front-rear direction and arbitration of information representing the movement of the vehicle in the lateral direction based on a plurality of the data sets received by the receiver, and a first output unit configured to output instruction information for driving an actuator based on an arbitration result of the arbitration unit.

Claims (47)

1 . An information processing apparatus mounted in a vehicle comprising:

an ECU programmed to:

receive a plurality of first requests respectively from a plurality of drive assistance applications;

arbitrate the plurality of first requests;

calculate a second request based on the arbitration, the second request being a different physical quantity of the first requests;

distribute the second request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems; and

inform at least one of the drive assistance applications that the vehicle is in a stop holding state.

2 . The vehicle comprising the information processing apparatus of claim 1 .

3 . The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a driver requested acceleration is not included in the plurality of first requests.

4 . The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ECU is programmed to:

select one of the drive assistance applications; and

inform at least one of the drive assistance applications that is not the selected drive assistance application of the selected drive assistance application.

5 . A manager mounted in a vehicle comprising:

an ECU programmed to:

receive a plurality of first requests respectively from a plurality of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) applications;

arbitrate the plurality of first requests;

calculate a second request based on the arbitration, the second request being a different physical quantity of the first requests;

distribute the second request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems; and

inform at least one of the ADAS applications that the vehicle is in a stop holding state.

6 . The vehicle comprising the manager of claim 5 .

7 . The manager of claim 5 , wherein a driver requested acceleration is not included in the plurality of first requests.

8 . The manager of claim 5 , further comprising:

selecting one of the ADAS applications; and

informing at least one of the ADAS applications that is not the selected ADAS application of the selected ADAS application.

9 . A system comprising:

a plurality of actuator systems; and

an information processing apparatus mounted in a vehicle, the information processing apparatus including an ECU programmed to:

receive a plurality of first requests respectively from a plurality of ADAS applications;

arbitrate the plurality of first requests;

calculate a second request based on the arbitration, the second request being a different physical quantity of the first requests;

distribute the second request to at least one of the plurality of actuator systems; and

inform at least one of the ADAS applications that the vehicle is in a stop holding state.

10 . The vehicle comprising the system of claim 9 .

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein a driver requested acceleration is not included in the plurality of first requests.

12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the ECU is programmed to:

select one of the ADAS applications; and

inform at least one of the ADAS applications that is not the selected ADAS application of the selected ADAS application.

13 . A control method performed by an ECU mounted in a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of first requests respectively from a plurality of ADAS applications;

arbitrating the plurality of first requests;

calculating a second request based on the arbitration, the second request being a different physical quantity of the first requests;

distributing the second request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems; and

informing at least one of the ADAS applications that the vehicle is in a stop holding state.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a driver requested acceleration is not included in the plurality of first requests.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

selecting one of the ADAS applications; and

informing at least one of the ADAS applications that is not the selected ADAS application of the selected ADAS application.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-161528 · Aug 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18110107 · Feb 15, 2023
Continuation 16422265 · May 24, 2019
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