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US 12,559,135 · App. 18/675,878 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Autonomous driving system

Inventor: Masamichi Ohsugi (Sunto-gun Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W60/001B60W50/0205B60W2050/0215B60W2556/45
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Patent No.
US 12,559,135
App. No.
18/675,878
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A autonomous driving system detects information related to at least one of driving conditions and surrounding conditions of a vehicle using one or more sensors, implements vehicle control using a machine learning model based on the information, presents the detection results of the sensor when a detection performance of the sensor is lower than a predetermined level, and presents the detection results of the sensor corresponding to a situation when a situation with a risk higher than a specified value occurs in the vehicle.

Claims (20)

1 . An autonomous driving system that detects information related to at least one of driving conditions and surrounding conditions of a vehicle, the autonomous driving system comprising:

one or more sensors that detects the information related to at least one of the driving conditions and the surrounding conditions of the vehicle; and

an electronic control unit configured to:

implement vehicle control using a machine learning model based on at least one of the driving conditions and surrounding conditions,

present the detection results of the sensor on a human machine interface when a detection performance of the sensor is lower than a predetermined level,

present the detection results of the sensor corresponding to a situation on the human machine interface when a situation with a risk higher than a specified value occurs in the vehicle, and

present the detection results of a forward-looking sensor on the human machine interface when at least one of acceleration and steering angular velocity of the vehicle is above a threshold value, considering that the situation with the risk higher than the specified value has occurred in the vehicle.

2 . The autonomous driving system according to claim 1 , wherein a case where the detection performance of the sensor is lower than the predetermined level includes at least one of the following: when the sensor fails to detect a surrounding object or a lane marking, when a stability of the sensor is lower than a past stability of the sensor, when the stability of the sensor is lower than a design value of the sensor, when the stability of the sensor is lower than a stability of another sensor with an overlapping field of view for the sensor, and when the stability of the sensor is lower than a stability of another sensor of an another vehicle that has traveled the same location.

3 . The autonomous driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is further configured to present the detection results of a rear-looking sensor and a side-looking sensor on the human machine interface when the vehicle changes lanes to an adjacent lane due to a driver's intervention, and a distance between a pre-lane-change trajectory of the vehicle and another vehicle traveling in the adjacent lane is below a threshold value, considering that the situation with the risk higher than the specified value has occurred in the vehicle.

4 . The autonomous driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the human machine interface includes a display.

5 . The autonomous driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the human machine interface includes a speaker.

6 . An autonomous driving system that detects information related to at least one of driving conditions and surrounding conditions of a vehicle, the autonomous driving system comprising:

one or more sensors that detects the information related to at least one of the driving conditions and the surrounding conditions of the vehicle; and

an electronic control unit configured to:

implement vehicle control using a machine learning model based on at least one of the driving conditions and surrounding conditions,

present the detection results of the sensor on a human machine interface when a detection performance of the sensor is lower than a predetermined level,

present the detection results of the sensor corresponding to a situation on the human machine interface when a situation with a risk higher than a specified value occurs in the vehicle, and

present the detection results of a rear-looking sensor and a side-looking sensor on the human machine interface when the vehicle changes lanes to an adjacent lane due to a driver's intervention, and a distance between a pre-lane-change trajectory of the vehicle and another vehicle traveling in the adjacent lane is below a threshold value, considering that the situation with the risk higher than the specified value has occurred in the vehicle.

7 . The autonomous driving system according to claim 6 , wherein the human machine interface includes a display.

8 . The autonomous driving system according to claim 6 , wherein the human machine interface includes a speaker.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2024
From: OHSUGI, MASAMICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067731/0708 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-094039 · Jun 7, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240409121A1 · Dec 12, 2024
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