US 11,796,995 B2
Vehicle with presentation device
Yuki Ito, Iwakura (JP); Tsukasa Nakanishi, Nagoya (JP); Yuta Morikawa, Miyoshi (JP); Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya (JP); and Yuki Tatsumoto, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/914,559.
Prior Publication US 2021/0026345 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/305 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a communication device configured to receive operation information to operate a travel device installed in the vehicle from an external operation device;
a memory;
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
receive a user request from a mobile user terminal including information for the vehicle to travel to an intermediate location and then travel to a destination, a passenger, different from a user transmitting the user request, boarding the vehicle at the intermediate location and traveling in the vehicle to the destination,
acquire peripheral information regarding an environment peripheral to a vehicle body of the vehicle from a peripheral information sensor,
generate a travel plan based on the peripheral information and the received user request, and
control the travel device so as to perform autonomous driving in which travel is based on the generated travel plan, and perform remote driving in which travel is based on the operation information received by the communication device;
an audio input/output device configured to output audio to an interior of the vehicle to the passenger and receive speech from the passenger while located in the vehicle to communicate to the user via the mobile user terminal using the communication device; and
a presentation device provided to the vehicle body to display, at a vehicle exterior, identifying information received by the communication device, the identifying information relating to the passenger making use of the vehicle, the passenger being a person outside the vehicle at a time of viewing the presentation device, wherein
the processor is further configured to transmit an arrival notification indicating arrival of the vehicle body to an unlocking terminal held by the passenger who is outside the vehicle and who intends to unlock a door provided at the vehicle body, and
after transmitting the arrival notification to the unlocking terminal, the received identifying information relating to the passenger making use of the vehicle is displayed toward the outside the vehicle.