US 12,263,866 B2
Vehicle management system
Yukinari Kato, Okazaki (JP); Shintaro Matsutani, Kariya (JP); and Keiichi Uno, Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,891.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-103485 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415770 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60W 2756/10 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle management system comprising:
a vehicle that is able to perform autonomous driving and that is used to provide a transportation service; and
a server that is able to communicate with the vehicle,
wherein the server:
requests a predetermined travel restriction for the vehicle during the autonomous driving when a user of the transportation service is on board,
requests an adjustment of the travel restriction when the user is not on board, and
calculates an accumulated amount of a load acting on the vehicle, and uses the calculated accumulated amount to set content of the adjustment of the travel restriction that is requested when the user is not on board, wherein:
the server requests the adjustment of the travel restriction when the user is not on board the vehicle traveling on a predetermined traveling route that includes a place where maintenance of the vehicle is performed,
the server restricts one of a driving force of the vehicle, a braking force of the vehicle, and a steering force of the vehicle in accordance with the travel restriction that is requested, and
the server sets a predetermined upper limit value and controls the driving force of the vehicle, the braking force of the vehicle, and the steering force of the vehicle in accordance with the travel restriction that is requested so that at least one of the driving force of the vehicle, the braking force of the vehicle, and the steering force of the vehicle does not exceed the predetermined upper limit value.