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US 12,555,422 · App. 18/813,883 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Autonomous driving system

Inventor: Masamichi Ohsugi (Sunto-gun Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G07C5/085
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Patent No.
US 12,555,422
App. No.
18/813,883
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An autonomous driving system for causing a storage unit of a vehicle to store output data related to autonomous driving control calculated based on a detection result of an in-vehicle sensor of the vehicle, the autonomous driving system including: a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving scene in which the output data is calculated and the output data as log data in association with each other; an influence degree acquisition unit configured to acquire a preset degree of influence of the driving scene on surroundings of the vehicle based on the driving scene; and a log storage unit configured to cause the storage unit of the vehicle to store the log data with a priority corresponding to the degree of influence of the driving scene associated with the log data.

Claims (21)

1 . An autonomous driving system for causing a storage unit of a vehicle to store output data related to autonomous driving control calculated based on a detection result of an in-vehicle sensor of the vehicle, the autonomous driving system comprising:

an electronic control unit configured to:

acquire a driving scene in which the output data is calculated and the output data as log data in association with each other;

acquire a preset degree of influence of the driving scene on surroundings of the vehicle based on the driving scene;

cause the storage unit of the vehicle to store the log data with a priority corresponding to the degree of influence of the driving scene associated with the log data;

predict a future capacity shortage in the storage unit of the vehicle based on a period of time of the autonomous driving control and a road situation until the vehicle reaches a destination;

cause the storage unit of the vehicle to store the log data with a priority corresponding to the degree of influence when the capacity shortage in the storage unit of the vehicle is predicted;

receive the detection result of the in-vehicle sensor and input the detection result into a machine learning model; and

in response, output a control signal to autonomously control the vehicle.

2 . An autonomous driving system for causing a storage unit of a vehicle to store output data related to autonomous driving control calculated based on a detection result of an in-vehicle sensor of the vehicle, the autonomous driving system comprising:

an electronic control unit configured to:

acquire a driving scene in which the output data is calculated and the output data as log data in association with each other;

acquire a preset degree of influence of the driving scene on surroundings of the vehicle based on the driving scene;

cause the storage unit of the vehicle to store the log data with a priority corresponding to the degree of influence of the driving scene associated with the log data;

predict a future capacity shortage in the storage unit of the vehicle based on a period of time of the autonomous driving control and a road situation until the vehicle reaches a destination;

cause the storage unit of the vehicle to store the log data with a priority corresponding to the degree of influence when the capacity shortage in the storage unit of the vehicle is predicted;

receive the detection result of the in-vehicle sensor and input the detection result into a machine learning model; and

in response, output a control signal, to autonomously control the vehicle;

an external storage unit configured to store the log data transmitted from the vehicle via a network; and

a communication device provided in the vehicle and configured to communicate with the external storage unit,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to transmit the log data to the external storage unit and delete the transmitted log data from the storage unit of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2024
From: OHSUGI, MASAMICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 068402/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-143163 · Sep 4, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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