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Granted Patent B2
US 12,597,347 · App. 18/671,828 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Action schedule notification device for vehicle and action schedule notification method for vehicle

Inventors: Tomohiko Kaneko (Yokohama, JP); Junichi Morimura (Sunto-gun, JP); Shun Maruyama (Numazu, JP); Ryoma Hiraike (Toyota, JP); Satoshi Omi (Ebina, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/096791B60Q9/00B60Q2800/10
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Patent No.
US 12,597,347
App. No.
18/671,828
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The processor 162 of ECU 160 is configured to determine an action schedule of the vehicle capable of autonomous driving and notify two or more consecutive action schedules to surrounding other vehicles, and is configured to perform at least one of notifying the two or more consecutive action schedules from the vehicle to the outside by display or voice or having the two or more consecutive action schedules notified by display or voice in the surrounding other vehicles.

Claims (14)

1 . An action schedule notification device for a vehicle comprising a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine an action schedule of the vehicle of autonomous driving, and

notify two or more consecutive action schedules to surrounding other vehicles, by transmitting the two or more consecutive action schedules to surrounding other vehicles in order to display the two or more consecutive action schedules on a display device provided in the surrounding other vehicles or in order to output the two or more consecutive action schedules by sound from a speaker provided in the surrounding other vehicles.

2 . The action schedule notification device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the two or more continuous action schedule includes, when the vehicle merges into a road having a plurality of lanes, merging into the road and changing a lane from a lane after merging or running a lane after merging as it is.

3 . The action schedule notification device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the two or more continuous action schedule includes changing a lane toward a lane connected to an exit of a road while the vehicle is traveling in a lane other than a lane connected to the exit of the road having a plurality of lanes and descending from the road at the exit.

4 . The action schedule notification device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is traveling in an area in which a manually driven vehicle is mixed, and when the vehicle is traveling in an area in which the manually driven vehicle is mixed, the processor is configured to notify the surrounding vehicle of two or more consecutive action schedules.

5 . An action schedule notification method of a vehicle comprises steps of:

determining an action schedule of the vehicle capable of autonomous driving, and

notifying two or more consecutive action schedules to surrounding other vehicles,

wherein the step of notifying includes a step of transmitting the two or more consecutive action schedules to surrounding other vehicles in order to display the two or more consecutive action schedules on a display device provided in the surrounding other vehicles or in order to output the two or more consecutive action schedules by sound from a speaker provided in the surrounding other vehicles.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 25, 2024
From: MORIMURA, JUNICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069677/0233 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2024
From: KANEKO, TOMOHIKO; MARUYAMA, SHUN; HIRAIKE, RYOMA; OMI, SATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067500/0338 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-084576 · May 23, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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