Vehicle and method of evaluating performance of autonomous driving device

A vehicle comprising:

• a travel state sensor configured to acquire information about a travel state of the vehicle;
• one or more processors;
• a first memory connected to the one or more processors and storing a plurality of instructions that is executable by the one or more processors;
• and
• a second memory connected to the one or more processors and storing an autonomous driving application that calculates a target track for the vehicle, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the one or more processors to
• cause the autonomous driving application to calculate the target track,
• subject the vehicle to automated travel in accordance with the target track calculated by the autonomous driving application, and
• calculate an evaluation value of performance of the autonomous driving application based on the information acquired by the travel state sensor, wherein:
• the evaluation value relates to a past motion performance of the vehicle when the vehicle was driving automatically in accordance with the target track,
• the autonomous driving application that makes a travel plan for autonomous driving is independent of the plurality of instructions that is executable by the one or more processors that control travel of the vehicle, and
• the evaluation value enables the one or more processors that control travel of the vehicle to evaluate the performance of the autonomous driving application that makes the travel plan for the autonomous driving.

A method of evaluating, using a computer, performance of an autonomous driving device configured to calculate a target track for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• communicating with the autonomous driving device and subjecting the vehicle to automated travel in accordance with the target track received from the autonomous driving device;
• acquiring information about a travel state of the vehicle from a travel state sensor provided in the vehicle;
• and
• calculating an evaluation value of the performance of the autonomous driving device based on the information acquired from the travel state sensor, wherein:
• the evaluation value relates to a past motion performance of the vehicle when the vehicle was driving automatically in accordance with the target track,
• the autonomous driving device that makes a travel plan for autonomous driving is independent of the computer that controls travel of the vehicle, and
• the evaluation value enables the computer that controls travel of the vehicle to evaluate the performance of the autonomous driving device that makes the travel plan for the autonomous driving.