Riding-together vehicle control device and system
AssigneesNissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT s.a.s.
InventorEijo Iwasaki
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Abstract
A vehicle control device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a riding cancel switch and a controller. In a case where a first user in the vehicle permitted a riding-together with a second user, after the vehicle stopped at a riding location where the second user will ride on the vehicle, then, when the riding cancel switch is operated before a door of the vehicle is fully opened, the controller prohibits unlocking of the door or opening of the door.
Claims11
A vehicle control device used for a vehicle in which a plurality of users can ride, and which can automatically travel, the vehicle control device comprising:
- a first controller configured to unlock or open a door of the vehicle;
- and
- a second controller configured to:
- receive a signal from an operation unit mounted inside the vehicle and operated by a first user in the vehicle;
- and
- instruct the first controller to unlock or open the door after detecting that the vehicle has stopped at a riding location where a second user will ride on the vehicle;
- wherein the first controller is further configured to:
- prohibit fully opening the door after the vehicle has stopped at the riding location where the second user, who is permitted for riding-together by the first user, will ride on the vehicle and when the signal is input from the operation unit while opening the door from a closed position to a fully open position such that the door is partially open when the first controller prohibits fully opening the door of the vehicle,
- acquire information related to outside environment of the vehicle or information related to the second user, and
- prohibit unlocking the door only when it is determined that the acquired information satisfies a predetermined condition.
A vehicle control device that is used for a vehicle in which a plurality of users can ride, and which can automatically travel, the vehicle control device comprising:
- a first controller configured to unlock or open a door of the vehicle;
- and
- a second controller configured to:
- receive a signal from an operation unit mounted inside the vehicle operated by a first passenger in the vehicle;
- and
- instruct the first controller to unlock or open the door after detecting that the vehicle has stopped at a riding location where a second passenger will ride on the vehicle,
- wherein the first controller is configured to prohibit fully opening the door after the vehicle has stopped at the riding location where the second passenger will ride on the vehicle and when the signal was input from the operation unit while opening the door from a closed position to a fully open position such that the door is partially open when the first controller prohibits fully opening the door of the vehicle.
A vehicle control system that is used for a vehicle in which a plurality of users can ride, and which can automatically travel, the vehicle comprising:
- a switch that is operated when a first passenger in the vehicle cancels riding of a second passenger, and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller prohibits fully opening a door of the vehicle after the vehicle has stopped at a riding location where the second passenger will ride on the vehicle and when the controller has detected that the first passenger who permitted a riding-together with the second passenger operated the switch while opening the door from a closed position to a fully open position such that the door is partially open when the first controller prohibits fully opening the door of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.