US 12,330,656 B1
Travel control device and travel control method
Yuji Watari, Toyota (JP); and Ryo Irie, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/969,714.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-028435 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2024.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/182 (2013.01) [B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0095 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A travel control device, comprising:
a first automated driving control unit configured to perform automated driving control for autonomously driving a vehicle;
a second automated driving control unit configured to perform the automated driving control for autonomously driving the vehicle;
an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the first automated driving control unit and an abnormality of the second automated driving control unit;
a first switching unit configured to, when one of the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit that are performing the automated driving control is detected to be abnormal, switch to the automated driving control of another of the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit;
a permission unit configured to instruct the first automated driving control unit and the second automated driving control unit to end the automated driving control; and
a second switching unit configured to switch between the automated driving control and manual driving control in response to an instruction from the permission unit, wherein when the second switching unit receives an instruction to end the automated driving control from the permission unit, the second switching unit waits to end the automated driving control until a predetermined wait time elapses.