US 11,838,654 B2
Remote driving system
Kosuke Akatsuka, Mishima (JP); Yuki Murata, Toyota (JP); Shuichi Tamagawa, Kitanagoya (JP); and Rio Suda, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,717.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-116532 (JP), filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027809 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/951 (2023.01) [G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote driving system for remotely driving a target vehicle, the remote driving system comprising:
a memory storing a program; and
a processor that executes the program to:
acquire operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and
control, according to the operation information, a resolution and a frame rate of each of a plurality of cameras mounted on the target vehicle, wherein:
when an operation amount of the steering wheel indicated by the operation information is relatively small, maintain or improve at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction among the cameras; and
when the operation information indicates that the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, maintain or improve at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle among the cameras.