Autonomous vehicle and control method for autonomous vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoru NAGAYA, Kazunori OGAWA
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle includes: a steering device configured to automatically control a steering angle of tires according to a traveling condition, the steering device being provided in an accommodating room that is separated from a passenger compartment by a partition member, and the steering device including a steered shaft, an actuator, and a gear mechanism; and a joint device provided in the accommodating room, the joint device being configured to mechanically connect an input shaft and a member including a rod-shaped body that is inserted from the passenger compartment into the accommodating room through an opening and closing portion formed in the partition member.
Claims10
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a steering device configured to automatically control a steering angle of a tire according to a traveling condition, the steering device being provided in an accommodating room that is separated from a passenger compartment by a partition member, and the steering device including
- a steered shaft configured to make a linear motion to change the steering angle of the tire,
- an actuator configured to cause the steered shaft to make the linear motion without any operation by an occupant, and
- a gear mechanism configured to convert rotation of an input shaft to the linear motion of the steered shaft;
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- a joint device provided in the accommodating room, the joint device being configured to mechanically connect the input shaft and a member including a rod-shaped body that is inserted from the passenger compartment into the accommodating room through an opening and closing portion provided in the partition member.
A control method for an autonomous vehicle that includes a passenger compartment and an accommodating room separated each other by a partition member comprising:
- causing, by an actuator of a steering device provided in the accommodating room, a steered shaft of the steering device to make a linear motion without any operation by an occupant of the autonomous vehicle;
- changing a steering angle of a tire by the steered shaft making the linear motion;
- connecting an input shaft and a member including a rod-shaped body mechanically in case of a malfunction of the actuator by a joint device provided in the accommodating room, the rod-shaped body being inserted from the passenger compartment into the accommodating room through an opening and closing portion formed in the partition member;
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- converting, by a gear mechanism of the steering device, rotation of the input shaft in accordance with rotation of the rod-shaped body to linear motion of the steered shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.