Vehicle travel system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohta Tarao, Hiroki Awano, Kuniaki Jinnai, Yoshihiro Maekawa
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Abstract
In a vehicle travel system for a vehicle that is switchable at least between manual driving and remote driving, the vehicle includes a memory, and a processor connected to the memory. The processor acquires driver information related to a driver that manually drives the vehicle. The driver information indicates a specific situation during a time of manual driving. The processor enables manual driving to be switched to remote driving upon occurrence of the specific situation indicated by the acquired driver information.
Claims14
A vehicle travel system for a vehicle that is configured to be switchable between at least manual driving and remote driving, the vehicle comprising a first memory and a first processor connected to the first memory, and the first processor being configured to:
- acquire driver information related to a driver that manually drives the vehicle, the driver information indicating a specific situation in which the driver desires to avoid the manual driving, the specific situation being input by the driver and stored in the first memory by the first processor in advance in accordance with the input by the driver, the specific situation being at least one of (i) one or more locations identified by the driver or (ii) one or more driving conditions identified by the driver, and
- switch the manual driving to the remote driving upon occurrence of the specific situation indicated by the acquired driver information.
A method of vehicle control for a vehicle that is configured to be switchable between at least manual driving and remote driving, the method being performed by a processor configured to perform the steps of:
- acquiring driver information related to a driver that manually drives the vehicle, the driver information indicating a specific situation in which the driver desires to avoid the manual driving, the specific situation being input by the driver and stored in a memory by the processor in advance in accordance with the input by the driver, the specific situation being at least one of (i) one or more locations identified by the driver or (ii) one or more driving conditions identified by the driver, and
- switching the manual driving to the remote driving upon occurrence of the specific situation indicated by the acquired driver information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.