| CPC B60W 30/182 (2013.01) [B60W 10/182 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 2050/007 (2013.01); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A vehicle control system comprising:
a vehicle control device configured to control traveling of an autonomous driving vehicle; and
a center device configured to communicate with the vehicle control device, wherein
the center device includes at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, configured to
recognize, based on information indicating fault of a device used for autonomous driving or information indicating temporarily unusable state of the device which are transmitted from the vehicle control device, that the autonomous driving vehicle terminates autonomous driving,
(i) set, when the at least one processor of the center device recognizes that the autonomous driving vehicle terminates the autonomous driving, a first stop position for stopping the autonomous driving vehicle based on position information transmitted from the autonomous driving vehicle and map information previously prepared and (ii) transmit the first stop position to the autonomous driving vehicle,
acquire a type of a passenger of the autonomous driving vehicle, the type of the passenger being stored in the memory of the center device before starting autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle, and
set a measure method for the passenger according to the type of the passenger and set a dialogue method for dialogue with the passenger according to the type of the passenger,
the vehicle control device includes at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, configured to
recognize a fault of an in-vehicle device used for autonomous driving in the autonomous driving vehicle or a temporarily unusable state of the in-vehicle device by monitoring an operation state of a signal transmitted from the in-vehicle device,
transmit information indicating the fault of the in-vehicle device or the temporarily unusable state of the in-vehicle device,
set a second stop position for stopping the autonomous driving vehicle, the second stop position being a nearest position to a present position of the autonomous driving vehicle and selected from a rest area, a parking area, a parking lot of a public facility, a bus stop, an emergency parking zone, and a road shoulder having a width equal to or greater than a width of the vehicle,
transmit at least the position information of the autonomous driving vehicle to the center device and acquire the first stop position,
initiate travel of the autonomous driving vehicle toward the second stop position without waiting for receiving of the first stop position transmitted from the center device, upon setting the second stop position, and
cause the autonomous driving vehicle to head to the second stop position, which has been decided by the vehicle control device placed on the autonomous driving vehicle, in a case where the first stop position is not acquired from the center device, and cause the autonomous driving vehicle to head to the first stop position in a case where the first stop position is acquired from the center device,
the center device is placed outside the autonomous driving vehicle and the vehicle control device is placed on the autonomous driving vehicle, and the center device and the vehicle control device wirelessly communicate with each other, and
the first stop position is decided by the center device and the second stop position is decided by the vehicle control device.
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