US 12,227,185 B2
Vehicle, method of controlling vehicle, and vehicle control interface box
Ikuma Suzuki, Okazaki (JP); and Eisuke Ando, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,433.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-157623 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111175 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/18027 (2013.01) [B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 30/18054 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02)] 14 Claims
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1. A vehicle on which an autonomous driving system is mountable, the vehicle comprising:
a vehicle platform that carries out vehicle control in accordance with a command from the autonomous driving system, wherein
the vehicle platform includes a base vehicle and a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the autonomous driving system and the base vehicle,
from the autonomous driving system to the base vehicle, an immobilization command including a first value indicating a request for immobilization of the vehicle is transmitted through the vehicle control interface box,
from the base vehicle to the autonomous driving system, a signal indicating a standstill status of the vehicle is transmitted through the vehicle control interface box,
the immobilization command is transmitted from the autonomous driving system through the vehicle control interface box to the base vehicle when a first condition including a condition that the vehicle is in the standstill status is satisfied, and
the base vehicle carries out immobilization of the vehicle in accordance with the immobilization command.