Autonomous driving vehicle, autonomous driving management apparatus, and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9400187-B2
Application number	US-201514796486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2015
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

An autonomous driving vehicle, an autonomous driving management apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. The autonomous driving vehicle includes: a wireless communication unit configured to receive position information about the vehicle; a storage unit configured to store an electronic map; an input unit configured to receive a destination; a driving unit configured to adjust a travelling speed and a travelling direction; and a controller configured to search for a path from a point corresponding to the position information to a point corresponding to the destination in the electronic map, and control the vehicle to travel the approved section through the driving unit when receiving an approval of an occupation right for one or more sections included in the path through the wireless communication unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An autonomous driving vehicle, comprising:
a wireless communication unit configured to receive position information about the vehicle;
a storage unit configured to store an electronic map;
an input unit configured to receive a destination;
a driving unit configured to adjust a travelling speed and a travelling direction; and
a controller configured to search for a path from a point corresponding to the position information to a point corresponding to the destination in the electronic map, and control the vehicle to travel an approved section by the driving unit when receiving an approval of an occupation right for one or more sections included in the path through the wireless communication unit;
wherein the controller is configured to transmit an occupation right setting request for the one or more sections, and control the vehicle to travel the approved section by the driving unit when receiving a response to approve the occupation right setting request;
wherein the occupation right setting request may include at least one of an identification of the vehicle, an identification of one or more sections for which the occupation right is desired to be approved, a transmission time of the right setting request, and a length of time for which the occupation right is desired to be approved; and
wherein the controller is configured to adjust the length of time for which the occupation right is desired to be approved in accordance with the traveling speed of the vehicle.

2. The autonomous driving vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor unit configured to measure a travelling environment.

3. The autonomous driving vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to control the vehicle to travel the approved section by referring to information measured by the sensor unit.

4. The autonomous driving vehicle of claim 1 , wherein when the vehicle completes the travelling of the approved section, the controller transmits an occupation right cancellation request for the approved section through the wireless communication unit.

5. The autonomous driving vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the storage unit is configured to store the electronic map comprising a plurality of sections including different identifications.

6. An autonomous driving management apparatus, comprising:
a storage unit configured to store an electronic map comprising a plurality of sections indcluding different identifications;
a wireless communication unit configured to receive from a vehicle an occupation right setting request for one or more of the sections;
a controller configured to obtain an identification of a section corresponding to the occupation right setting request, and approve or reject the occupation right setting request for the section having the identification of the section based on a pre-defined rule;
wherin the storage unit is configured to further store at least on of a rating for each vehicle and a rating for each section; and
wherein when an occupation right for the section corresponding to the occupation right setting request is set by another vehicle, the controller compares a rating between the vehicle and another vehicle, and when the rating of the vehicle is higher than the rating of another vehicle, the controller compulsorily cancels the occupation right for the section approved to another vehicle and approves the occupation right setting request.

7. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit a response to approve or reject the occupation right setting request to the vehicle through the wireless communication unit.

8. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when an occupation right cancellation request is received from the vehicle through the wireless communication unit, the controller cancels an occupation right which has been approved for a section corresponding to the occupation right cancellation request.

9. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when the section corresponding to the occupation right setting request is a section for which the occupation right is approved to another vehicle, the controller rejects the occupation right setting request or approve an occupation right for one or more sections different from the section corresponding to the occupation right setting request.

10. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when occupation right setting requests for the same section are received from a plurality of vehicles, the controller approves the occupation right setting request for a vehicle having the highest rating amonlg the plurality of vehicles.

11. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller approves the occupation right setting request for a vehicle closest to the same section when the ratings of the plurality of vehicles are the same.

12. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller approves the occupation right setting request for a vehicle first transmitting the occupation right setting request among the plurality of vehicles when the ratings of the plurality of vehicles are the same.

13. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller approves the occupation right for one or more sections different from the section, for which the occupation right is compulsorily cancelled, to another vehicle.

14. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to determine whether a rating of the vehicle is a rating which is capable of traveling the section corresponding to the occupation right setting request based on the rating for each vehicle and the rating for each section, and when it is determined that the rating of the vehicle is the rating which is incapable of traveling the section corresponding to the occupation right setting request, the controller rejects the occupation right setting request or approves an occupation right for one or more sections different from the section corresponding to the occupation right setting request.

15. The autonomous driving management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to secure one or more empty sections that are positioned between the vehicles.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Joo Yeob

Classifications

• G08G1/166 Primary

  for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes · CPC title

• H04B7/18506

  Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service · CPC title

• B60W30/14

  {Adaptive} cruise control · CPC title

• G01C21/3605 Primary

  Destination input or retrieval · CPC title

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title