US 11,884,301 B2
Travel plan information distribution system
Kengo Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); and Yuji Igarashi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/982,797
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/022024
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/234915, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0001892 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/0027 (2020.02) [G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A travel plan information distribution system, comprising:
a wireless communicator that carries out inter-vehicle communication with a peripheral vehicle;
at least one processor configured to
acquire positional information and frontal road shape information of an own vehicle;
acquire sensor data output from a vehicle-mounted sensor group;
compile travel plan information based on the positional information, the frontal road shape information, and the sensor data; and
supply the travel plan information to a display;
when a change is made to a scheduled driving operation with a specific starting time in the travel plan information, and the specific starting time falls within a predetermined time from a current time, control a light of the own vehicle to notify the peripheral vehicle about the change in the travel plan information prior to the specific starting time; and
when the change is made to the scheduled driving operation with the specific starting time in the travel plan information, and the specific starting time falls outside the predetermined time from the current time, control the wireless communicator to transmit the change in the travel plan information to the peripheral vehicle at a normal transmission cycle.