US 12,454,214 B2
Autonomous driving kit
Haruki Oguri, Toyota (JP); Ikuma Suzuki, Okazaki (JP); and Hiroki Asao, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/664,477.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-119919 (JP), filed on Jul. 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0033558 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/507 (2022.05) [B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
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1. An autonomous driving kit that is attachable to and detachable from a vehicle platform configured to perform autonomous driving and that sends an instruction for the autonomous driving, the autonomous driving kit comprising:
a processor;
a first communication module; and
a second communication module, wherein:
the vehicle platform includes
a non-redundant control system that performs a non-redundant control function of the vehicle platform,
a first bus,
a second bus,
a first vehicle control interface box that is configured to communicate with the first communication module via the first bus, and that provides a control instruction to the non-redundant control system according to a non-redundant control command, the non-redundant control command being a command from the autonomous driving kit to control the non-redundant control system,
a second vehicle control interface box configured to communicate with the second communication module via the second bus, and
a third bus connecting the first vehicle control interface box and the second vehicle control interface box; and
when communication via the first bus is abnormal, the processor controls the second communication module to send the non-redundant control command to the first vehicle control interface box via the second bus and the third bus.