Driving judgment apparatus, in-vehicle apparatus, driving judgment system, driving judgment method, data transmission method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456390-B2
Application number	US-202018023519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	Sep 1, 2020
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

The driving judgment apparatus according to this disclosure includes a running data acquisition unit for acquiring the running data of a vehicle running on a predetermined course by manual driving of a driver after the vehicle that can run by self-driving or manual driving performs a model running on the course by self-driving; and an item judgment unit for judging the propriety of the driver's driving for each item based on evaluation reference data and at least one of the difference between the running data acquired by the running data acquisition unit and model running data and the running data acquired by the running data acquisition unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving judgment apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing:
instructions; and
a model running data for judgment storage unit in which model running data for judgment, being model running data for a predefined course, is stored in advance; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire the running data of a vehicle running on a predetermined course by manual driving of a driver after the vehicle that can run by self-driving or manual driving performs a model running on the course by self-driving; and
judge propriety of the driver's driving for each item based on an evaluation reference data and at least one of: (a) a difference between the running data acquired and model running data for judgment, and (b) the running data acquired, wherein

the manual driving is a manual operation in which the driver, who takes a road skills test, drives the vehicle that has been switched from a self-driving possible state to a manual driving possible state, on a same course as that used in the model running performed by self-driving, and
the model running is an actual real-world run that is achieved by controlling an actuator of the vehicle based on model running data, without the driver operating a steering wheel.

2. The driving judgment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to
store driver's license renewal conditions used to determine whether or not to renew the driver's license; and
judge the propriety of renewing the driver's license based on a judgment result of the propriety of the driver's driving and the driver's license renewal conditions stored.

3. The driving judgment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to output the judgment result.

4. The driving judgment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to
judge whether the judgment result satisfies the driver's license renewal condition stored, considering weighting for each item.

5. The driving judgment apparatus according to claim 1 wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to output a judgment result of the propriety of the driver's driving.

6. An in-vehicle apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
detect running data of a vehicle running on a predetermined course by manual driving of a driver after the vehicle that can run by self-driving or manual driving performs a model running on the course by self-driving; and

transmit the running data detected to a driving judgment apparatus that is configured to:
store in advance model running data for judgment, being model running data for a predefined course;
acquire the running data of a vehicle running on a predetermined course by manual driving of a driver after the vehicle that can run by self-driving or manual driving performs a model running on the course by self-driving; and
judge propriety of the driver's driving for each item based on an evaluation reference data and at least one of: (a) a difference between the running data acquired and model running data for judgment, and (b) the running data acquired, wherein

the manual driving is a manual operation in which the driver, who takes a road skills test, drives the vehicle that has been switched from a self-driving possible state to a manual driving possible state, on a same course as that used in the model running performed by self-driving, and
the model running is an actual real-world run that is achieved by controlling an actuator of the vehicle based on model running data, without the driver operating a steering wheel.

7. A driving judgment method performed by a computer and comprising:
storing in advance model running data for judgment, being model running data for a predefined course;
acquiring the running data of a vehicle running on a predetermined course by manual driving of a driver after the vehicle that can run by self-driving or manual driving performs a model running on the course by self-driving; and
judging propriety of the driver's driving for each item based on an evaluation reference data and at least one of: (a) a difference between the running data acquired and model running data for judgment, and (b) the running data acquired, wherein
the manual driving is a manual operation in which the driver, who takes a road skills test, drives the vehicle that has been switched from a self-driving possible state to a manual driving possible state, on a same course as that used in the model running performed by self-driving, and
the model running is an actual real-world run that is achieved by controlling an actuator of the vehicle based on model running data, without the driver operating a steering wheel.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Kondo Hiroki

Classifications

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• B60W40/09

  Driving style or behaviour · CPC title

• B60W60/005

  Handover processes (Handing over between remote control and on-board control or handing over between remote control arrangements G05D1/227) · CPC title

• B60W2420/403

  Image sensing, e.g. optical camera · CPC title

• B60W2556/45

  External transmission of data to or from the vehicle · CPC title