US 12,071,164 B2
Control apparatus, system, vehicle, and control method
Ryo Murakami, Susono (JP); Yuji Tachibana, Nisshin (JP); Minoru Nakadori, Toyota (JP); and Daiki Kaneichi, Shinagawa-ku (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,984.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-036750 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281485 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 10/80 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC B60W 60/00253 (2020.02) [G01G 19/52 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06V 10/809 (2022.01); G06V 10/87 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); B60W 2540/041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to receive motion data indicating motion of at least one user outside a vehicle, the vehicle moving along a route including at least one road; and
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to
transmit the motion data to a traveling management apparatus provided outside the control apparatus via the communication unit, an administrator of the traveling management apparatus visually determining whether the at least one user is to board the vehicle and inputting a determination result to the traveling management apparatus, and the determination result being sent to the control apparatus by the traveling management apparatus and stored in the control apparatus,
calculate a probability that the at least one user is to board the vehicle,
compare the calculated probability with a first threshold value and a second threshold value, the second threshold value being lower than the first threshold value, and
transmit a door open request to the vehicle via the communication unit
(i) in a case where the calculated probability is equal to or higher than the first threshold value, and
(ii) in a case where the calculated probability is lower than the first threshold value and equal to or higher than the second threshold value and the determination result indicates that the at least one user is to board the vehicle.