US 12,304,504 B2
Vehicle control system
Kaiji Itabashi, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,258.
Application 18/125,258 is a continuation of application No. 16/419,518, filed on May 22, 2019, granted, now 11,643,089.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-160792 (JP), filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227048 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/00 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); B62D 5/0457 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0045 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0094 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A manager mounted on a vehicle, the manager comprising a computer configured to:
accept first requests from driving assistance devices by way of a network in the vehicle;
arbitrate the first requests;
generate, based on a result of arbitrating the first requests, a control signal that is different from the first requests;
distribute the control signal to at least one actuator system by way of the network in the vehicle; and
cause the at least one actuator system to actuate in response to a subsequent request that corresponds to and is after the control signal, wherein
the control signal includes identification information for one of the driving assistance devices, and
the subsequent request is from the one of the driving assistance devices that is selected as the result of arbitrating the first requests.