US 12,304,470 B2
Cabin management apparatus
Yu Nagata, Chofu (JP); and Tomoyuki Kozuka, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,599.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-172745 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140408 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 2300/10 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cabin management apparatus configured to manage a cabin of a vehicle, the cabin management apparatus comprising:
a communication interface;
an output interface; and
a processor configured to:
receive, by the communication interface, emergency stop information for the vehicle;
receive, by the communication interface, a degree of automated controllability over a door of the vehicle; and
provide, by the output interface based on the emergency stop information, a different notification depending on the degree of automated controllability over the door,
wherein the degree of automated controllability includes:
a first state in which the door is automatically opened or closed based on a control command,
a second state in which the door cannot be automatically controlled, and is opened or closed by pressing a button provided in the cabin, and
a third state in which the door is not operable, and has to be manually opened or closed.