Automatic drive vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019129438-A1
Application number	US-201816112903-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	May 2, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

The transportation vehicle determines whether the calculated distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance (step S14). If the determination result of step S14 is positive, the transportation vehicle searches for the closest stoppable location to the current location (step S15). The transportation vehicle also performs the pause task at the closest stoppable location. The transportation vehicle performs visualization processing of the surrounding circumstances of the drop-off location, and displays the processed image on touch-screen. The user specifies the detailed drop-off location while looking at the touch-screen (step S16).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An automatic drive vehicle which is configured to travel autonomously from a pickup location to a drop-off location in accordance with a transportation request from a user, comprising:
an autonomous travel control portion which is configured to control an autonomous travel of the automatic drive vehicle; a recognition portion which is configured to recognize surrounding circumstances of the automatic drive vehicle; a visualization processing portion which is configured to execute processing to visualize the surrounding circumstances and generate a processed image of the surrounding circumstances; and a user interface portion which is configured to provide the processed image to the user, wherein the processed image is a surrounding image of the drop-off location, wherein the autonomous travel control portion is further configured to: control the automatic drive vehicle so as to travel autonomously along a route from the pickup location to the drop-off location; and after the provision of the surrounding image by the user interface portion, when a detailed drop-off location is specified through the user interface portion, control the automatic drive vehicle so as to travel autonomously along a route from its present location to the detailed drop-off location.

2 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the autonomous travel control portion is further configured to perform a deceleration processing, wherein the deceleration processing is processing to set a target speed of the automatic drive vehicle being equal to or less than a predetermined speed during the provision of the surrounding image by the user interface portion.

3 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the autonomous travel control portion is further configured to perform a pause task, wherein the pause task is a task to stop the automatic drive vehicle temporarily at a stoppable location closest to the present location during the provision of the surrounding image by the user interface portion.

4 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising
a database in which historical data of the stoppable location at which the pause task was carried out, wherein the visualization processing portion is further configured to: specify, based on the historical data, a stoppable location which is close to the drop-off location and also is highest usage frequency as a most frequent stop location; and perform the pause task when a distance of the route from the present location to the drop-off location is equal to or less than a distance of a from the most frequent stop location to the drop-off location.

5 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the visualization processing portion is further configured to execute superposition processing, wherein the superposition processing is processing to superimpose availability information of a drop-off task on the processed image.

6 . An automatic drive vehicle which is configured to travel autonomously along a route from a pickup location to a drop-off location in accordance with a transportation request from a mobile terminal of a user, comprising:
an autonomous travel control portion which is configured to control an autonomous travel of the automatic drive vehicle; a recognition portion which is configured to recognize surrounding circumstances of the automatic drive vehicle; a visualization processing portion which is configured to execute processing to visualize the surrounding circumstances and generate a processed image of the surrounding circumstances; and a communication portion which is configured to perform near-field communication with the mobile terminal, wherein the processed image is a surrounding image of the drop-off location, wherein the autonomous travel control portion is further configured to: control the automatic drive vehicle so as to travel autonomously along a route from the pickup location to the drop-off location; and after the provision of the surrounding image to the mobile terminal via the communication portion, when a detailed drop-off location is received from the mobile terminal via the communication portion, control the automatic drive vehicle so as to travel autonomously along a route from its present location to the detailed drop-off location.

7 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 6 ,
wherein the autonomous travel control portion is further configured to perform a deceleration processing, wherein the deceleration processing is processing to set a target speed of the automatic drive vehicle being equal to or less than a predetermined speed during the provision of the surrounding image to the mobile terminal.

8 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 7 ,
wherein the autonomous travel control portion is further configured to perform a pause task, wherein the pause task is a task to stop the automatic drive vehicle temporarily at a stoppable location closest to the present location during the provision of the surrounding image to the mobile terminal.

9 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising
a database in which historical data of the stoppable location at which the pause task was carried out, wherein the visualization processing portion is further configured to: specify, based on the historical data, a stoppable location which is close to the drop-off location and also is highest usage frequency as a most frequent stop location; and perform the pause task when a distance of the route from the present location to the drop-off location is equal to or less than a distance of a from the most frequent stop location to the drop-off location.

10 . The automatic drive vehicle according to claim 6 ,
wherein the visualization processing portion is further configured to execute superposition processing, wherein the superposition processing is processing to superimpose availability information of a drop-off task on the processed image.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Morita Makoto
• Taguchi Koji

Classifications

• G05D1/0246

  using a video camera in combination with image processing means · CPC title

• B60W60/00253 Primary

  Taxi operations · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title