Vehicle platform and vehicle control interface box
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorGo TANAKA
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Abstract
A VP includes a base vehicle and a VCIB. The VCIB includes a reception unit, an index value calculation unit, a transmission unit, and a transmission plan setting unit. The reception unit receives a control request for the base vehicle from an ADS. The index value calculation unit calculates an index value showing a degree of congestion of CAN communication. The transmission unit transmits a control instruction for the base vehicle generated based on the control request to the base vehicle. The transmission plan setting unit sets a transmission plan of the control instruction to the base vehicle. The transmission plan setting unit sets the transmission plan according to a degree of priority of the control instruction in CAN communication and the index value.
Claims14
A vehicle platform configured such that an autonomous driving system is installable in the vehicle platform, the vehicle platform comprising:
- a vehicle;
- and
- a vehicle control interface box that acts as an interface between the vehicle and the autonomous driving system installed in the vehicle by CAN communication, wherein:
- the vehicle control interface box includes:
- a first reception unit that receives a control request for the vehicle from the autonomous driving system;
- a calculation unit that calculates an index value showing a degree of congestion of the CAN communication;
- a transmission unit that transmits a control instruction for the vehicle generated based on the control request to the vehicle;
- and
- a setting unit that sets a transmission plan of the control instruction to the vehicle,
- wherein the setting unit sets the transmission plan according to a degree of priority of the control instruction in the CAN communication and the index value.
A vehicle control interface box that acts as an interface between a vehicle platform and an autonomous driving system installed in the vehicle platform by CAN communication, the vehicle platform including a vehicle,
- the vehicle control interface box comprising:
- a first reception unit that receives a control request for the vehicle from the autonomous driving system;
- a calculation unit that calculates an index value showing a degree of congestion of the CAN communication;
- a transmission unit that transmits a control instruction for the vehicle generated based on the control request to the vehicle;
- and
- a setting unit that sets a transmission plan of the control instruction to the vehicle,
- wherein the setting unit sets the transmission plan according to a degree of priority of the control instruction in the CAN communication and the index value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.