Remote control request system, remote control request method, and nontransitory storage medium

A remote control request method comprising:

• determining that an autonomous driving vehicle has a planned trajectory that when followed would cause the autonomous driving vehicle to enter into and/or remain within a geographic location for a duration of time;
• determining that the autonomous driving vehicle detects and/or receives weather data indicative of rain or lack thereof currently and/or forecasted within the geographic location during the duration of time;
• determining that the autonomous driving vehicle detects and/or receives parking data indicative of another vehicle parked on a roadway shoulder within the geographic location during the duration of time;
• determining whether the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to implement autonomous driving within the geographic location, wherein the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to implement the autonomous driving in the geographic location when each of the following conditions are satisfied:
• (a) a speed limit assigned to each roadway in which the autonomous driving vehicle is traveling and/or will be traveling according to the planned trajectory within the geographic location is less than a predetermined threshold value,
• (b) map information is available for each roadway in which the autonomous driving vehicle is traveling and/or will be traveling according to the planned trajectory within the geographic location, and
• (c) the weather data indicates that there is no rain currently within and/or forecasted to be within the geographic location for the duration of time;
• upon a positive determination that the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to implement and has implemented the autonomous driving in the geographic location, requesting remote assistance in which a remote operator external to the autonomous driving vehicle makes a determination for operation of the autonomous driving vehicle as it pertains to the another vehicle parked on the roadway shoulder within the geographic location during the duration of time, while the autonomous driving vehicle continues to perform the autonomous driving;
• and
• upon a negative determination that the autonomous driving vehicle is not permitted to implement and has not implemented the autonomous driving in the geographic location, requesting remote control driving in which the remote operator external to the autonomous driving vehicle remotely controls driving operations for the autonomous driving vehicle as it pertains to the another vehicle parked on the roadway shoulder within the geographic location during the duration of time, while the autonomous driving vehicle continues to not perform the autonomous driving.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that is executable by one or more processors and that causes the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:

• determining that an autonomous driving vehicle has a planned trajectory that when followed would cause the autonomous driving vehicle to enter into and/or remain within a geographic location for a duration of time;
• determining that the autonomous driving vehicle detects and/or receives weather data indicative of rain or lack thereof currently and/or forecasted within the geographic location during the duration of time;
• determining that the autonomous driving vehicle detects and/or receives parking data indicative of another vehicle parked on a roadway shoulder within the geographic location during the duration of time;
• determining whether the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to implement autonomous driving within the geographic location, wherein the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to implement the autonomous driving in the geographic location when each of the following conditions are satisfied:
• (a) a speed limit assigned to each roadway in which the autonomous driving vehicle is traveling and/or will be traveling according to the planned trajectory within the geographic location is less than a predetermined threshold value,
• (b) map information is available for each roadway in which the autonomous driving vehicle is traveling and/or will be traveling according to the planned trajectory within the geographic location, and
• (c) the weather data indicates that there is no rain currently within and/or forecasted to be within the geographic location for the duration of time;
• upon a positive determination that the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to implement and has implemented the autonomous driving in the geographic location, requesting remote assistance in which a remote operator external to the autonomous driving vehicle makes a determination for operation of the autonomous driving vehicle as it pertains to the another vehicle parked on the roadway shoulder within the geographic location during the duration of time, while the autonomous driving vehicle continues to perform the autonomous driving;
• and
• upon a negative determination that the autonomous driving vehicle is not permitted to implement and has not implemented the autonomous driving in the geographic location, requesting remote control driving in which the remote operator external to the autonomous driving vehicle remotely controls driving operations for the autonomous driving vehicle as it pertains to the another vehicle parked on the roadway shoulder within the geographic location during the duration of time, while the autonomous driving vehicle continues to not perform the autonomous driving.