US 12,103,565 B2
Autonomous vehicle driving device for managing power saving state, autonomous vehicle driving method for managing power saving state, and plurality of non-transitory storage media for managing power saving state
Hiromitsu Urano, Numazu (JP); Sho Otaki, Yokohama (JP); Takashi Suzuki, Susono (JP); Toru Takashima, Susono (JP); Hojung Jung, Shizuoka-ken (JP); Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Nisshin (JP); Satoru Niwa, Shizuoka-ken (JP); and Kosuke Akatsuka, Mishima (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,202.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-044990 (JP), filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297722 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); G05D 1/227 (2024.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/005 (2020.02) [B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/227 (2024.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2510/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous driving device to be mounted on a vehicle, the autonomous driving device comprising:
a first electronic control unit configured to autonomously drive the vehicle; and
a second electronic control unit configured to operate the vehicle under remote control from an outside, wherein
the first electronic control unit is configured to keep an activated state while the second electronic control unit is operating the vehicle, and
the second electronic control unit is configured to keep a power saving state while the first electronic control unit is autonomously driving the vehicle.