# US 2020/0401159 A1 · Car wash judgment system and car wash judgment method

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- Number: US 2020/0401159 A1
- Document ID: US20200401159A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/907,155
- Filed: 2020-06-19
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-20
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kentaro ASAI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401159A1

## CPC

- G05D 1/0276: {using signals provided by a source external to the vehicle (involving a plurality of vehicles G05D1/0287; automatically controlling vehicle speed responsive to externally generated signals B60K31/0058)}
- G01C 21/34: Route searching; Route guidance
- G06Q 50/10: Services
- G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing}
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

In a car wash judgment system, an acquirer acquires traveling information of a vehicle. A condition retaining unit retains a certain car wash condition. A judgment unit judges whether or not traveling information acquired at the acquirer satisfies the certain car wash condition. An unpaved road information retaining unit retains unpaved road information indicating the position of an unpaved road. The certain car wash condition includes traveling on an unpaved road by the vehicle. When a vehicle that has transmitted traveling information is an automated driving vehicle capable of performing automated driving and when the traveling information of the automated driving vehicle satisfies the certain car wash condition, a car wash instruction unit transmits an instruction signal for moving the automated driving vehicle to a car wash station.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A car wash judgment system, comprising:
an acquirer configured to acquire traveling information of a vehicle;
a condition retaining unit configured to retain a predetermined car wash condition; and
a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not traveling information acquired at the acquirer satisfies the predetermined car wash condition.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The car wash judgment system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined car wash condition includes traveling on an unpaved road.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The car wash judgment system according to claim 1,
wherein a vehicle that has transmitted traveling information is an automated driving vehicle capable of performing automated driving,
the car wash judgment system further comprising a car wash instruction unit configured to transmit, when the traveling information of the automated driving vehicle satisfies the predetermined car wash condition, an instruction signal for moving the automated driving vehicle to a car wash station.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The car wash judgment system according to claim 3, wherein
the automated driving vehicle is used for car sharing,
the judgment unit judges whether or not the predetermined car wash condition is satisfied before use of the automated driving vehicle is started, and,
when the traveling information of the automated driving vehicle satisfies the predetermined car wash condition, the car wash instruction unit transmits an instruction signal for moving the automated driving vehicle to a car wash station before use of the automated driving vehicle is started.

### Claim 5

A car wash judgment method, comprising:
acquiring traveling information of a vehicle;
retaining a predetermined car wash condition; and
judging whether or not acquired traveling information satisfies the predetermined car wash condition.