US 12,434,706 B2
Vehicle platform, autonomous driving system, and vehicle control interface box
Yusuke Yamamoto, Toyota (JP); and Toshikazu Hioki, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/944,234.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-157685 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110042 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/182 (2013.01) [B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02)] 11 Claims
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1. A vehicle platform on which an autonomous driving system is mountable, the vehicle platform comprising:
a vehicle; and
a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the vehicle and the autonomous driving system, wherein
the vehicle control interface box includes a processor and a memory in which a program executed by the processor is stored,
the processor
receives a power mode command from the autonomous driving system, the power mode command includes requesting control of a power mode of the vehicle platform,
the vehicle includes
a main battery;
an auxiliary battery; and
a plurality of electronic control units, and
the power mode includes
a first mode in which the vehicle control interface box and the plurality of electronic control units are not awake,
a second mode in which the vehicle control interface box and a portion of electronic control units among the plurality of electronic control units are awake by a power feed from the auxiliary battery and without a power feed from the main battery, and wherein the vehicle is unable to travel,
a third mode in which the vehicle control interface box and a portion of the electronic control units larger than the portion in the second mode among the plurality of electronic control units are awake by the power feed from the auxiliary battery without the power feed from the main battery, and wherein the vehicle is unable to travel, and
a fourth mode in which the vehicle control interface box and the plurality of electronic control units are awake, and wherein the vehicle is able to travel.