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US 12,157,496 B2Granted
Control device and control method for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuki Nemoto, Shin Tanaka, Satoshi Nakamura
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Abstract
A control device executes the following processes: a first process of detecting that autonomous traveling control is not able to be continued and executing stop control of a vehicle; a second process of determining whether a person is present in the vehicle; and a third process of unlocking a door lock of the vehicle when at least one person is present in the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped by the first process.
Claims5
A control device provided in a vehicle that executes autonomous traveling control, the control device comprising:
- a first processor that is configured to execute the autonomous traveling control of the vehicle, and set a traveling plan to a destination;
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- a second processor that is configured to execute a first process, a second process, and a third process, the first process of detecting that the autonomous traveling control is not able to be continued to the destination due to a failure of the autonomous traveling control and executing stop control of the vehicle, the stop control of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle being pulled over to a shoulder to stop, the failure of the autonomous traveling control being detected based on error detection in a response signal by the first processor to a transmitted signal by the second processor, the error comprising a checksum or a cyclic redundancy check;
- a second process of determining whether a person is present in the vehicle and whether there are goods in the vehicle;
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- a third process of unlocking a door lock of the vehicle when at least one person is present in the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped by the first process, wherein
- the vehicle is configured for a first purpose including people flow for a first time slot and a second purpose including logistics to transport goods for a second time slot,
- the determination of whether there are goods in the vehicle is based on an operation purpose corresponding to the first purpose or the second purpose of the vehicle by a setting via a human machine interface, and
- an operator of the vehicle is entrusted to determine whether to unlock or lock the door lock of the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped when no person is determined to be present in the vehicle, and notifying the operator of the vehicle that the vehicle cannot continue the autonomous traveling control and that the operator is entrusted for making the decision to unlock or lock the door lock of the vehicle.
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A control method for a vehicle that executes autonomous traveling control, the control method comprising:
- executing, by a first processor, the autonomous traveling control of the vehicle, and setting a traveling plan to a destination;
- a first step of detecting, by a second processor, that the autonomous traveling control is not able to be continued to the destination due to a failure of the autonomous traveling control and stopping the vehicle, the stopping of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle being pulled over to a shoulder to stop, the failure of the autonomous traveling control being detected based on error detection in a response signal by the first processor to a transmitted signal by the second processor, the error comprising a checksum or a cyclic redundancy check;
- a second step of determining, by the second processor, whether a person is present in the vehicle and whether there are goods in the vehicle;
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- a third step of unlocking, by the second processor, a door lock of the vehicle when the determination is made in the second step that at least one person is present in the vehicle, wherein
- the vehicle is configured for a first purpose including people flow for a first time slot and a second purpose including logistics to transport goods for a second time slot,
- the determination of whether there are goods in the vehicle is based on an operation purpose corresponding to the first purpose or the second purpose of the vehicle by a setting via a human machine interface, and
- entrusting an operator of the vehicle to determine whether to unlock or lock the door lock of the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped when no person is determined to be present in the vehicle, and notifying the operator of the vehicle that the vehicle cannot continue the autonomous traveling control and that the operator is entrusted for making the decision to unlock or lock the door lock of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.