US 12,111,655 B2
Multifunctional vehicle with remote driving function and remote driving method
Toru Takashima, Susono (JP); Takahiro Ogawa, Okazaki (JP); Kenji Tadakuma, Toyota (JP); Keisuke Miwa, Toyota (JP); Shuichi Tamagawa, Kitanagoya (JP); Takahiro Okano, Chiryu (JP); Shun Ota, Susono (JP); and Yuki Nishikawa, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,058.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-133595 (JP), filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057919 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0038 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multifunctional vehicle with an autonomous traveling function and a function of remotely driving another vehicle, the multifunctional vehicle comprising:
a traveling input device operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle;
an information processing device configured to process operation information of the traveling input device by the driver;
wearable glasses worn by the driver and configured to communicate with the other vehicle by at least one of direct communication with the other vehicle and indirect communication via the information processing device; and
a communication device configured to transmit communication information to the other vehicle, in a case where specification information of the other vehicle matches specification information of the multifunctional vehicle, wherein the specification information includes one or more of specification information of a communication device, specification information of main equipment of the multifunctional vehicle or the other vehicle, wherein the main equipment includes one or more of a powertrain and a chassis, and specification information of a traveling assist device, wherein the traveling assist device includes one or more of a blinker, a windshield wiper, and a lamp, wherein:
the information processing device is configured to switch and execute a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle;
in the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information;
in the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device; and
the wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle acquired by at least one of the direct communication and the indirect communication with the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.