Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11850997-B2
Application number	US-202218090559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2022
Priority date	Jan 31, 2020
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

When a first driver setting mode indicates an “OFF mode” or an “AUTO mode,” a VP accepts a light operation mode request from an ADK. When an operation is performed by a user, the VP changes an operation mode of a headlight in accordance with the operation by the user. When the operation by the user has not been performed, the VP changes the operation mode of the headlight in accordance with the light operation mode request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle on which an autonomous driving system is mountable, the vehicle comprising:
a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the autonomous driving system; and
a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving system,
the vehicle platform including a headlight system, a hazard light system, a front wiper system, and a rear wiper system, wherein
in an autonomous driving mode, driver operation of a shift lever is not reflected in propulsion direction status indicating a current shift range,
the vehicle platform sets an operation mode of each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system in accordance with an operation mode request for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system, and
the vehicle platform sets the operation mode with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation mode request.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a mode other than the first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the first prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an AUTO mode,
the OFF mode is a mode in which a headlight is turned off, and
the AUTO mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the headlight system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein
when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a mode other than the second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein
the second prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an Auto mode,
the OFF mode is a mode in which a front wiper in the front wiper system is stopped, and
the Auto mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the front wiper system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein
the front wiper system includes as the operation mode, an intermittent operation mode in which a front wiper is intermittently operated, and
when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to the intermittent operation mode, the vehicle platform
sets an operation interval in accordance with an operation interval request that indicates the operation interval of the front wiper in the intermittent operation mode received from the autonomous driving system and/or the operation by the user onto the operation apparatus, and
sets the operation interval with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation interval request.

9. A vehicle comprising:
an autonomous driving system that creates a driving plan;
a vehicle platform that carries out vehicle control in accordance with an instruction from the autonomous driving system; and
a vehicle control interface that interfaces between the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving system,
the vehicle platform including a headlight system, a hazard light system, a front wiper system, and a rear wiper system, wherein
in an autonomous driving mode, driver operation of a shift lever is not reflected in propulsion direction status indicating a current shift range,
the vehicle platform sets an operation mode of each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system in accordance with an operation mode request for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system received from the autonomous driving system and/or an operation by a user onto an operation apparatus provided for each of the headlight system, the hazard light system, the front wiper system, and the rear wiper system, and
the vehicle platform sets the operation mode with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation mode request.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein
when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
when the operation mode of the headlight system has been set to a mode other than the first prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the headlight system in accordance with the operation mode request.

12. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the first prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an AUTO mode,
the OFF mode is a mode in which a headlight is turned off, and
the AUTO mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the headlight system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

13. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein
when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform sets the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein
when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to a mode other than the second prescribed mode by the operation by the user, the vehicle platform does not set the operation mode of the front wiper system in accordance with the operation mode request.

15. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein
the second prescribed mode includes an OFF mode and an Auto mode,
the OFF mode is a mode in which a front wiper in the front wiper system is stopped, and
the Auto mode is a mode in which the operation mode of the front wiper system is automatically set by the vehicle platform.

16. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein
the front wiper system includes as the operation mode, an intermittent operation mode in which a front wiper is intermittently operated,
when the operation mode of the front wiper system has been set to the intermittent operation mode, the vehicle platform
sets an operation interval in accordance with an operation interval request that indicates the operation interval of the front wiper in the intermittent operation mode received from the autonomous driving system and/or the operation by the user onto the operation apparatus, and
sets the operation interval with the operation by the user being prioritized over the operation interval request.

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Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ando Eisuke

Classifications

• B60R16/0231

  Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle (monitoring tyres B60C23/00; indicating overspeed B60K31/00; for dash boards B60K37/00, B60Q3/10; for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52; brake control systems B60T; registering or indicating the working of vehicles G07C5/00; measuring distance G01C, e.g. combinations of speed and distance G01C23/00; engine indicators G01L; measuring speed or acceleration G01P) · CPC title

• B60R16/037 Primary

  for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel} · CPC title

• G05D1/646

  Following a predefined trajectory, e.g. a line marked on the floor or a flight path · CPC title

• B60W60/0013 Primary

  specially adapted for occupant comfort · CPC title

• B60Q1/143 Primary

  combined with another condition, e.g. using vehicle recognition from camera images or activation of wipers · CPC title