| CPC B60W 50/029 (2013.01) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2050/0292 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. A vehicle comprising:
an autonomous driving system; and
a vehicle platform on which the autonomous driving system is mounted, wherein
the vehicle platform includes
a base vehicle that carries out vehicle control in accordance with a command from the autonomous driving system, and
a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the base vehicle and the autonomous driving system,
the vehicle control interface box outputs to the autonomous driving system, one of a first request, a second request, and a third request that corresponds to failure information on a failure that has occurred in the vehicle platform, the first request requesting performance of maintenance of the vehicle platform, the second request requesting being back to a garage of the vehicle platform, the third request requesting a stop,
the autonomous driving system configured to:
(i) upon receipt of the first request, continue normal autonomous operation and request maintenance be scheduled,
(ii) upon receipt of the second request, halts the current service an autonomously returns the vehicle to a garage, and
(iii) upon receipt of the third request, halts the current service operation at a location where the vehicle does not interfere with traffic of other cars,
the vehicle control interface box further gives the autonomous driving system, fault information indicating whether the vehicle is able to carry out limp home travel while the vehicle is carrying out autonomous driving with the autonomous driving system,
the vehicle control interface box includes:
a first control system, and
a second control system provided for redundancy of the first control system, and
the first control system sets a value indicating a state other than the inability at limp home travel as a value indicating whether or not the limp home travel is possible when the limp home travel with the second control system is impossible.
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