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US 11,699,305 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsYukimune Kaneda, Takuya Kishimoto, Konosuke Muramatsu, Yasuhiro Ito, Yuta Suzuki, Ikuo Hirose
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a maintenance-necessity detector and an automatic driving controller. The maintenance-necessity detector is configured to determine whether maintenance of the vehicle is necessary. The automatic driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to move to a maintenance facility at which the maintenance of the vehicle is to be performed, on the basis of automatic driving that is independent of driving to be performed by an occupant of the vehicle, in a case where the maintenance is determined by the maintenance-necessity detector as being necessary.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a maintenance-necessity detector configured to determine whether maintenance of the vehicle is necessary;
- a storage that contains a first identifier;
- and
- a vehicle controller configured to, based on the maintenance being determined by the maintenance-necessity detector as being necessary, transmit a maintenance-necessary data to a maintenance facility including a communicator, the maintenance-necessary data representing at least a maintenance content to be performed for the vehicle in the maintenance facility,
- the vehicle controller including:
- a servicing required time determining unit configured to determine a servicing required time based on a travel time and a maintenance required time, in a case where the maintenance is determined by the maintenance-necessity detector as being necessary, the serving required time being a time required for the vehicle to be serviced at the maintenance facility, the travel time being a time required for the vehicle to move to the maintenance facility, the maintenance required time being a time required to perform the maintenance;
- an unused period determining unit configured to determine an unused period, the unused period being a period during which the user is scheduled not to use the vehicle;
- a servicing scheduled period setting unit configured to set a servicing scheduled period based on the unused period that is equal to or longer than the servicing required time, the servicing scheduled period being a period during which the vehicle is scheduled to be serviced at the maintenance facility;
- and
- an authentication controller configured to permit unlocking of a door of the vehicle, in a case where the first identifier stored in the storage and a second identifier transmitted from a smart key that instructs the unlocking of the door have a predetermined relationship,
- wherein the vehicle controller is configured to, based on the maintenance being determined by the maintenance-necessity detector as being necessary cause the vehicle to move via automatic driving to the maintenance facility at which the maintenance of the vehicle is to be performed, on a basis of the automatic driving that is independent of driving to be performed by an occupant of the vehicle,
- wherein, in a case where a time of a start of the servicing scheduled period has come, the authentication controller is configured to:
- make an inquiry at a maintenance facility server provided at the maintenance facility about a maintenance mechanic identifier that corresponds to the maintenance mechanic in charge;
- acquire the maintenance mechanic identifier from the maintenance facility server;
- and
- cause the storage to additionally store the maintenance mechanic identifier as the first identifier, and
- wherein, in a case where a time of an end of the servicing scheduled period has come, the authentication controller is configured to cause the storage to delete the maintenance mechanic identifier that has been additionally stored as the first identifier.
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A vehicle comprising:
- circuitry including a processor and a storage that contains a first identifier, the circuitry configured to:
- determine whether maintenance of the vehicle is necessary;
- based on the maintenance being determined by the detector as being necessary, transmit a maintenance-necessary data to a maintenance facility including a communicator, the maintenance-necessary data representing contents of maintenance to be performed for the vehicle in the maintenance facility;
- and
- determine a servicing required time based on a travel time and a maintenance required time, in a case where the maintenance is determined by the maintenance necessity detector as being necessary, the serving required time being a time required for the vehicle to be serviced at the maintenance facility, the travel time being a time required for the vehicle to move to the maintenance facility, the maintenance required time being a time required to perform the maintenance;
- determine an unused period, the unused period being a period during which the user is scheduled not to use the vehicle;
- set a servicing scheduled period based on the unused period that is equal to or longer than the servicing required time, the servicing scheduled period being a period during which the vehicle is scheduled to be serviced at the maintenance facility;
- permit unlocking of a door of the vehicle, in a case where the first identifier stored in the storage and a second identifier transmitted from a smart key that instructs the unlocking of the door have a predetermined relationship,
- based on the maintenance being determined by the detector as being necessary, cause the vehicle to move via automatic driving to the maintenance facility at which the maintenance of the vehicle is to be performed, on a basis of the automatic driving that is independent of driving to be performed by an occupant of the vehicle,
- wherein, in a case where a time of a start of the servicing scheduled period has come, the circuitry is configured to:
- make an inquiry at a maintenance facility server provided at the maintenance facility about a maintenance mechanic identifier that corresponds to the maintenance mechanic in charge;
- acquire the maintenance mechanic identifier from the maintenance facility server;
- and
- cause the storage to additionally store the maintenance mechanic identifier as the first identifier, and
- wherein, in a case where a time of an end of the servicing scheduled period has come, the circuitry is configured to cause the storage to delete the maintenance mechanic identifier that has been additionally stored as the first identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.