Control device and remote operation device

A remote operation device that remotely controls an operation of a moving object, comprising:

• a remote manual control device;
• and
• an operator input device that is connected to the remote manual control device, wherein
• the moving object has
• a manned driving mode that a driver having got on the moving object operates a driver input device provided to the moving object, and thereby determines a running condition that defines a running operation of the moving object to run, and
• a remote unmanned driving mode that the moving object receives the running condition of the moving object from an outside of the moving object, and thereby runs without the driver's getting on the moving object,
• the remote unmanned driving mode includes
• a remote manual driving mode that the moving object receives the running condition generated by an operator by operating an operator input device provided at a place different from a place of the moving object, and thereby runs without the driver's getting on the moving object, and
• a remote autonomous driving mode that the moving object receives the running condition generated by a remote automatic control device provided at a place different from the place of the moving object, and thereby runs without an operation of any one of the driver input device and the operator input device,
• the remote manual control device includes
• a switching information acquisition unit that acquires at least one of (2a) abnormality information indicating that a state of the moving object has become an abnormal state, (2b) intrusion information indicating that a moving object has intruded a surrounding area set in advance to surroundings of the moving object, and (2c) failure information indicating that a failure has occurred during running in the remote autonomous driving mode, and
• a switching instruction unit that, when a predetermined first switching condition is satisfied, transmits to the moving object a first switching instruction for switching a driving mode of the moving object from the remote autonomous driving mode to the remote manual driving mode, and
• the first switching condition includes as a condition a case where, during the running in the remote autonomous driving mode, the moving object falls in a least one state of (1a) a first state where the state of the moving object has become the abnormal state, (1b) a second state where the moving object has intruded the surrounding area, (1c) a third state that is different from the first state and in which the failure has occurred during the running in the remote autonomous driving mode, wherein the first switching condition further includes as a condition a case where a number of the operators who can get on the moving object that runs in the remote manual driving mode, and operate the driver input device has become a predetermined number of people or more.

A remote operation device that remotely controls an operation of a moving object, comprising:

• a remote manual control device;
• and
• an operator input device that is connected to the remote manual control device, wherein
• the moving object has a manned driving mode that a driver having got on the moving object operates a driver input device provided to the moving object, and thereby determines a running condition that defines a running operation of the moving object to run, and
• a remote unmanned driving mode that the moving object receives the running condition of the moving object from an outside of the moving object, and thereby runs without the driver's getting on the moving object,
• the remote unmanned driving mode includes a remote manual driving mode that the moving object receives the running condition generated by an operator by operating an operator input device provided at a place different from a place of the moving object, and thereby runs without the driver's getting on the moving object, and
• a remote autonomous driving mode that the moving object receives the running condition generated by a remote automatic control device provided at a place different from the place of the moving object, and thereby runs without an operation of any one of the driver input device and the operator input device,
• the remote manual control device includes
• a switching information acquisition unit that acquires at least one of (2a) abnormality information indicating that a state of the moving object has become an abnormal state, (2b) intrusion information indicating that a moving object has intruded a surrounding area set in advance to surroundings of the moving object, and (2c) failure information indicating that a failure has occurred during running in the remote autonomous driving mode, and
• a switching instruction unit that, when a predetermined first switching condition is satisfied, transmits to the moving object a first switching instruction for switching a driving mode of the moving object from the remote autonomous driving mode to the remote manual driving mode, and
• the first switching condition includes as a condition a case where, during the running in the remote autonomous driving mode, the moving object falls in at least one state of (1a) a first state where the state of the moving object has become the abnormal state, (1b) a second state where the moving object has intruded the surrounding area, (1c) a third state that is different from the first state and in which the failure has occurred during the running in the remote autonomous driving mode,
• wherein even when the first switching condition is satisfied, and when a number of the operators who can operate the operator input device is a predetermined number of people or less, the switching instruction unit transmits a stop instruction for stopping the moving object to the moving object without transmitting the first switching instruction to the moving object.