US 11,900,812 B2
Vehicle control device
Junichi Morimura, Shizuoka-ken (JP); Junya Watanabe, Shizuoka-ken (JP); and Seiji Arakawa, Shizuoka-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,759.
Application 17/562,759 is a continuation of application No. 16/847,910, filed on Apr. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,631,330.
Application 16/847,910 is a continuation of application No. 16/167,883, filed on Oct. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,657,822, issued on May 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-216407 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122462 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G08G 1/096 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/166 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0125 (2013.01); G08G 1/0137 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G08G 1/096783 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a processor configured to:
generate a traveling plan of a vehicle;
recognize a crossing person who crosses over a path of a vehicle that is obtained from the traveling plan;
acquire, from an external sensor, information of the crossing person including a speed of the crossing person;
predict a crossing completion time at which the crossing person completes the crossing based on the speed of the crossing person;
decide a scheduled departure time of the vehicle based on the crossing completion time; and
perform a control to inform an outside of the vehicle, in a manner recognized by the crossing person, of the scheduled departure time, wherein the scheduled departure time is a dynamically changing countdown showing a remaining time from a current time to a time the vehicle departs,
wherein, when the crossing person is not recognized, not perform the control to inform the outside of the vehicle of the scheduled departure time.