US 11,897,492 B2
Information processing apparatus
Ikuma Suzuki, Okazaki (JP); Wataru Kanda, Nisshin (JP); Kaiji Itabashi, Nagoya (JP); Yoshihisa Yamada, Nagoya (JP); Kazuki Miyake, Okazaki (JP); and Tamotsu Kondoh, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,107.
Application 18/110,107 is a continuation of application No. 16/422,265, filed on May 24, 2019, granted, now 11,608,075.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-161528 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192113 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 40/107 (2012.01); B60W 40/109 (2012.01); B60W 40/114 (2012.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/087 (2013.01) [B60W 40/107 (2013.01); B60W 40/109 (2013.01); B60W 40/114 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus mounted in a vehicle comprising:
an ECU programmed to:
receive a plurality of first requests respectively from a plurality of drive assistance applications;
arbitrate the plurality of first requests;
calculate a second request based on the arbitration;
distribute the second request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems; and
inform at least one of the drive assistance applications of:
results of the arbitration; and
information representing an operation of a driver of the vehicle.