Vehicle, method of controlling vehicle, and vehicle control interface box
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsEisuke Ando, Mitsuhiro Miura
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Abstract
A VCIB performs processing including obtaining various requests from systems (S100), determining whether or not there is a request on the occurrence of an abnormal condition (S102), and transmitting the obtained request to an ADS and carrying out representation control (S104) when it is determined that there is a request on the occurrence of the abnormal condition (YES in S102). The ADS performs processing including carrying out, when the ADS obtains during autonomous driving the request on the occurrence of the abnormal condition, autonomous driving in accordance with the request.
Claims6
A vehicle comprising:
- an autonomous driving system;
- and
- a vehicle platform on which the autonomous driving system is mounted, wherein
- the vehicle platform includes
- a base vehicle that carries out vehicle control in accordance with a command from the autonomous driving system,
- a compartment located within the base vehicle configured for a driver, and
- a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the base vehicle and the autonomous driving system,
- the base vehicle includes a notification apparatus that is configured to give information to the driver in the compartment, and
- when a malfunction occurs in a device in the base vehicle, the vehicle control interface box outputs to the autonomous driving system, at least one of a stop request, an engine off request, a request for change to a parking position, and a request or a notification of maintenance and gives information corresponding to the outputted request or notification by the notification apparatus is provided to the driver in the compartment of the base vehicle, wherein the notification apparatus is a multi-information display that is provided at a position where it can be viewed from where the driver sits in the compartment in a vicinity of a steering wheel of the base vehicle.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the vehicle including:
- a vehicle platform on which an autonomous driving system is mounted, the vehicle platform including:
- a base vehicle including a compartment configured for a driver, and
- a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the base vehicle and the autonomous driving system, and
- the base vehicle including a notification apparatus that is configured to give information to the driver in the compartment, the method comprising:
- carrying out vehicle control in accordance with a command from the autonomous driving system;
- outputting to the autonomous driving system, when a malfunction occurs in a device in the base vehicle, at least one of a stop request, an engine off request, a request for change to a parking position, and a request or a notification of maintenance;
- and
- giving information corresponding to the outputted request or notification by the notification apparatus to the driver in the compartment of the base vehicle, wherein the notification apparatus is a multi-information display that is provided at a position where it can be viewed from where the driver sits in the compartment in a vicinity of a steering wheel of the base vehicle.
A vehicle control interface box that interfaces between an autonomous driving system and a base vehicle, the base vehicle including a compartment configured for a driver, wherein
- the base vehicle carries out vehicle control in accordance with a command from the autonomous driving system,
- the base vehicle and the vehicle control interface box implement a vehicle platform provided in the vehicle together with the autonomous driving system,
- the base vehicle includes a notification apparatus that is configured to give information to the driver in the compartment, and
- when a malfunction occurs in a device in the base vehicle, the vehicle control interface box outputs to the autonomous driving system, at least one of a stop request, an engine off request, a request for change to a parking position, and a request or a notification of maintenance and gives information corresponding to the outputted request or notification by the notification apparatus to the driver in the compartment of the base vehicle, wherein the notification apparatus is a multi-information display that is provided at a position where it can be viewed from where the driver sits in the compartment in a vicinity of a steering wheel of the base vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.