# US 12,005,934 B2 · Autonomous driving assistance device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,005,934 B2 - Document ID: US12005934B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/183,781 - Filed: 2021-02-24 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-24 - Assignees: Pioneer Corporation; Geotechnologies, Inc. - Applicants: Pioneer Corporation; Geotechnologies, Inc. - Inventors: Takeshi Koda; Kenji Mito; Kazuhiro Nakao; Makoto Hatano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005934B2 ## CPC - B60W 60/0059: {Estimation of the risk associated with autonomous or manual driving, e.g. situation too complex, sensor failure or driver incapacity} - B60W 50/082: {Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling} - B60W 60/0011: {involving control alternatives for a single driving scenario, e.g. planning several paths to avoid obstacles} - G01C 21/3461: {Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries} - G05D 1/00: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) - G08G 1/096827: {where the route is computed onboard} - G08G 1/096838: {where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality} - G08G 1/09685: {where the complete route is computed only once and not updated} - G08G 1/096866: {where the complete route is shown to the driver} - B60W 2540/043: Identity of occupants - B60W 2555/20: Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain - B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data - B60W 2556/65: Data transmitted between vehicles - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A driving assistance device performs autonomous driving based on an output from a sensor unit that acquires information on surroundings of a vehicle or information on the state of the vehicle. The driving assistance device stores an autonomous driving determination table based on autonomous driving compatibility information. By referring to the autonomous driving determination table based on sensor information on the sensor unit and road element information on a predetermined road section, the driving assistance device 1 determines a set of an autonomous driving function and an automation level that can be performed in the predetermined road section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An autonomous driving assistance device for assisting in an operation of a vehicle, comprising: a processor configured by program code stored on a non-transitory data storage in communication with said processor and executable by said processor, said program code, upon execution by said processor, causing the driving assistance device to display, on a display device in communication with the processor, a route between locations on a map, while displaying a feasible automation level for operating the vehicle on each road section of road sections included in the route, and control a display mode of each road section of the road sections on the display, in accordance with the feasible automation level corresponding to each one of the road sections. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The autonomous driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the feasible automation level comprises one or more autonomous driving functions for operating the vehicle, and wherein said program code further causes the driving assistance device to display the feasible automation level of each one of the road sections with respect to each autonomous driving function of the one or more autonomous driving functions of the feasible automation level. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The autonomous driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein said program code further causes the driving assistance device to display the feasible automation level on each road section of the road sections with respect to a first autonomous driving function for operating the vehicle, and then display the feasible automation level on each of the road sections with respect to a second autonomous driving function for operating the vehicle different from the first autonomous driving function. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The autonomous driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the feasible automation level comprises one or more autonomous driving functions for operating the vehicle, and wherein the one or more autonomous driving functions comprises at least one of a lane keeping assist function, a self-steering function, and an automatic speed adjustment function. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The autonomous driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein said program code further causes the driving assistance device to: acquire first information regarding a type and a capability of an external sensor, the external sensor configured to acquire surroundings information regarding surroundings of the vehicle, acquire second information regarding the road sections, and determine, based on the first information and the second information, i) one or more feasible autonomous driving functions for operating the vehicle and ii) a feasible automation level correspondent to each of the feasible autonomous driving functions. ### Claim 6 A method carried out by an autonomous driving assistance device for assisting in an operation of a vehicle, the method comprising: displaying, on a display device operated by the driving assistance device, a route between locations on a map, while displaying a feasible automation level for operating the vehicle on each road section of road sections included in the route; and controlling a display mode, on the display, of each road section of the road sections on the display, in accordance with the feasible automation level corresponding to each one of the road sections. ### Claim 7 A non-transitory data storage medium having programming code recorded thereon, said programming code configured to be executed by a processor of an autonomous driving assistance device for assisting in an operation of a vehicle, the programming code configured such that, upon execution by the processor, the autonomous driving assistance device carries out the functions of: displaying, on a display device operated by the driving assistance device, a route between locations on a map, while displaying a feasible automation level for operating the vehicle on each road section of road sections included in the route; and controlling a display mode, on the display, of each road section of the road sections on the display, in accordance with the feasible automation level corresponding to each one of the road sections.