Information processing device, information processing system, program, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11670187-B2
Application number	US-202117230449-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2021
Priority date	Jun 19, 2020
Publication date	Jun 6, 2023
Grant date	Jun 6, 2023

Abstract

An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and generates control information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route, based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising a control unit configured to acquire actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and to generate control information based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle, the control information being information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route and a driving state of the first vehicle that includes information on a vibration pattern.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the control information includes information for controlling a traveling state of a second vehicle that travels along a second traveling route different from the first traveling route; and
the control unit provides the control information to the second vehicle.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit generates the control information in association with road surface information about the second traveling route.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the traveling information includes a traveling image that is obtained by picking up an exterior of the first vehicle; and
the control unit generates image information based on the traveling image, and generates the control information in association with the generated image information, the image information being shown on a windshield of the second vehicle while being superimposed on an actual landscape on the second traveling route.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the second vehicle that travels along the second traveling route includes at least one of a general vehicle that travels along a traveling route on a general road and a driving-school vehicle that travels along a traveling route in a driving school.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the control information includes information for controlling an operation state of a driving simulator; and
the control unit provides the control information to the driving simulator.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the control unit generates control information that reproduces the vibration pattern of the first vehicle on a second route traveled by a second vehicle from the driving conditions including information on a rough road surface of the first route traveled by the first vehicle.

8. An information processing system comprising:
the information processing device according to claim 1 ; and
the first vehicle that provides the traveling information to the information processing device.

9. A program that causes an information processing device to execute an operation including:
acquiring actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route; and
generating control information based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle, the control information being information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route and a driving state of the first vehicle that includes information on a vibration pattern.

10. The program according to claim 9 , wherein:
the control information includes information for controlling a traveling state of a second vehicle that travels along a second traveling route different from the first traveling route; and
the operation includes providing the control information to the second vehicle.

11. The program according to claim 10 , wherein the operation includes generating the control information in association with road surface information about the second traveling route.

12. The program according to claim 10 , wherein:
the traveling information includes a traveling image that is obtained by picking up an exterior of the first vehicle; and
the operation includes generating image information based on the traveling image, and generating the control information in association with the generated image information, the image information being shown on a windshield of the second vehicle while being superimposed on an actual landscape on the second traveling route.

13. The program according to claim 9 , wherein:
the control information includes information for controlling an operation state of a driving simulator; and
the operation includes providing the control information to the driving simulator.

14. The program according to claim 9 , wherein:
the control information includes information for controlling an operation state of a game machine; and
the operation includes providing the control information to the game machine.

15. A vehicle comprising a control unit configured to acquire actual traveling information about another vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and to generate control information based on the acquired traveling information about the other vehicle, the control information being information for reproducing a traveling state of the other vehicle on the first traveling route and a driving state of the first vehicle that includes information on a vibration pattern.

16. The vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the control information includes information for controlling a traveling state of the vehicle that travels along a second traveling route different from the first traveling route.

17. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the control unit generates the control information in association with road surface information about the second traveling route.

18. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the control unit acquires information about a moving image that is provided to an occupant in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle, and generates the control information in association with the acquired information about the moving image.

19. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein:
the traveling information includes a traveling image that is obtained by picking up an exterior of the other vehicle; and
the control unit generates image information based on the traveling image, and generates the control information in association with the generated image information, the image information being shown on a windshield of the vehicle while being superimposed on an actual landscape on the second traveling route.

20. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the vehicle that travels along the second traveling route includes at least one of a general vehicle that travels along a traveling route on a general road and a driving-school vehicle that travels along a traveling route in a driving school.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakanishi Tooru
• Yamada Tadashi
• Yamane Josuke
• Miura Mitsuhiro
• Sasaki Tomo
• Kozuka Tomoyuki
• Sugimura Tae

Classifications

• G09B9/05 Primary

  the view from a vehicle being simulated (G09B9/052, G09B9/058 take precedence) · CPC title

• A63F13/28 Primary

  responding to control signals received from the game device for affecting ambient conditions, e.g. for vibrating players' seats, activating scent dispensers or affecting temperature or light · CPC title

• A63F13/52

  involving aspects of the displayed game scene · CPC title

• A63F2300/105

  using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes · CPC title

• B60W30/02

  Control of vehicle driving stability · CPC title