US 11,703,883 B2
Autonomous driving device
Hideyuki Matsui, Sunto-gun (JP); and Toshiki Kindo, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,936.
Application 17/565,936 is a continuation of application No. 16/827,045, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,520,349.
Application 16/827,045 is a continuation of application No. 16/035,794, filed on Jul. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,642,278, issued on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-162571 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0121218 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0274 (2013.01) [G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/3848 (2020.08); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous driving device configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle, comprising:
a map that stores map information, including a plurality of contents and positions that are associated with each other;
a database including a plurality of autonomous driving modes of the vehicle and a type of content necessary for an execution of the modes in association with each other; and
an electronic control unit programmed to:
acquire the content in the map that corresponds to a first position of the vehicle detected by a sensor of the vehicle;
select an executable autonomous driving mode from the plurality of autonomous driving modes based on the type of content acquired corresponding to the first position and the type of content stored in the database; and
control the vehicle at the first position in the autonomous driving mode that has been selected.