Automated driving vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11794816-B2
Application number	US-201816621071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2018
Priority date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

An automated driving vehicle includes: a traveling unit to which an upper structure can be attached and which does not have a passenger compartment; and a connector provided in the traveling unit and connected to the upper structure detachably attached to the traveling unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automated driving vehicle comprising:
an upper structure; and
a traveling unit comprising
a hardware processor executing software, hardware including circuitry, or a cooperation of the software and the hardware configured to operate as:
a power supply interface configured to supply electric power to the upper structure; and
a first communication interface configured to communicate with the upper structure;

the upper structure comprising a plurality of different accessories connected thereto via the power supply interface and the first communication interface,
wherein the traveling unit is connectable, at an attachment region, to an upper unit mounted on the upper structure, the attachment region is a planar form that extends horizontally and forms a portion of an upper surface of the traveling unit and supports the upper unit from a lower side, and
wherein the traveling unit operates while sharing the electric power supplied to the upper structure and details of a communication with the upper structure.

2. The automated driving vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor executing software, the hardware including the circuitry, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware are further configured to operate as:
a second communication interface that transmits information indicating a connection state of an accessory of the plurality of different accessories to an external device.

3. The automated driving vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor executing software, the hardware including the circuitry, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware are further configured to operate as:
an external control allower, included in the upper unit, configured to determine whether control of the traveling unit via an accessory of the plurality of different accessories according to a user's operation on the accessory will be allowed based on identification information of the accessory connected to the upper unit and control information of the accessory acquired from an external device.

4. The automated driving vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor executing software, the hardware including the circuitry, or the cooperation of the software and the hardware are further configured to operate as:
a vehicle state sharing allower configured to allow an accessory of the plurality of different accessories or a terminal device connected to the accessory to share information of the traveling unit on the basis of the identification information of the accessory connected to the upper unit and control information of the accessory that is updated based on information acquired from an external device.

5. The automated driving vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the traveling unit includes a vehicle state sharing allower that allows the upper unit or a terminal device specified based on identification information of the upper unit to share information of the traveling unit on the basis of the identification information of the upper unit and control information of an accessory of the plurality of different accessories that is updated based on information acquired from an external device.

6. The automated driving vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of different accessories comprise at least one of a human machine interface, a seat device, a collision sensor, an airbag device, and a service providing device.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwasaki Shun
• Asaumi Hisao
• Ishisaka Kentaro
• Kondo Izumi
• Koike Satoshi
• Manabe Tomohisa
• Ito Yo
• Hayashi Yuki

Classifications

• G05D1/0212

  with means for defining a desired trajectory (involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287) · CPC title

• G05D1/0088

  characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours (using knowledge based models G06N5/00) · CPC title

• B62D24/00 Primary

  Connections between vehicle body and vehicle frame (B62D23/00, B62D33/077 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R16/03

  for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} · CPC title

• B62D63/025 Primary

  Modular vehicles (superstructures for busses having modular sections B62D31/025) · CPC title