US 12,454,289 B2
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, vehicle control program, and vehicle control system
Hideaki Setoguchi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP); and Renault S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
Appl. No. 18/572,603
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP); and AMPERE S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/000421
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/269303, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278807 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/0021 (2020.02) [B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/041 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle configured to stop in response to a request from a prospective passenger and allow the prospective passenger to board, the vehicle control device comprising:
a stop candidate location extraction unit configured to extract a candidate location for a stop location where the vehicle is to be stopped in order to allow the prospective passenger to board;
a first movement time calculation unit configured to calculate a first movement time that is a time required for the prospective passenger to move to the candidate location;
a second movement time calculation unit configured to calculate a second movement time that is a time required for the vehicle to move to the candidate location;
a standby time calculation unit configured to calculate a standby time of the vehicle at the candidate location based on the first movement time and the second movement time;
a stop location determination unit configured to acquire a predetermined allowable stop time at the candidate location, which is a time during which the vehicle is allowed to stop at the candidate location, and determine, when the standby time is equal to or shorter than a predetermined allowable stop time, the candidate location as the stop location, and
controlling the vehicle to stop at the determined stop location.