US 11,897,499 B2
Autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device
Yoshitaka Mimura, Saitama (JP); Yuki Kizumi, Saitama (JP); Takashi Oshima, Saitama (JP); and Yuji Tsuchiya, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/411,513.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-143967 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063675 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/5035 (2022.05); B60Q 1/5037 (2022.05); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B60Q 1/545 (2022.05); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 60/0027 (2020.02); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device used for an autonomous driving vehicle that acquires external environment information including a preceding vehicle existing ahead in a traveling direction of an own vehicle and automatically performs at least one of speed control and steering control of the own vehicle based on the acquired external environment information, the autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device being configured to present information to a traffic participant existing around the own vehicle, the autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device comprising:
a traffic congestion information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on traffic congestion ahead in the traveling direction of the own vehicle;
a traveling lane identification unit configured to identify a lane where the own vehicle is currently located;
a travelling state acquiring unit configured to acquire a traveling state including deceleration, slow traveling, and stop of the preceding vehicle based on the external environment information and the traffic congestion information;
an action plan generation unit configured to generate an action plan of the own vehicle based on the travelling state of the preceding vehicle, which travels a lane in which the own vehicle is to turn right or left, as acquired by the traveling state acquiring unit in a case where the own vehicle is scheduled to turn right or left at an intersection from the currently located lane; and
an information presentation unit configured to present information including the generated action plan through using an external display device provided at a rear portion of a vehicle interior of the own vehicle at a position visible to an occupant of a following vehicle, wherein
the traffic congestion information acquisition unit, the traveling lane identification unit, the action plan generation unit, and the information presentation unit are each implemented via at least one processor.