US 12,466,438 B2
Vehicle control method and vehicle control device
Kazuya Koyama, Kobe (JP); Tomoya Takagi, Kobe (JP); Haruo Harada, Kobe (JP); Yasuomi Kimura, Kobe (JP); and Miki Hitotsuya, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to DENSO TEN Limited, Kobe (JP)
Filed by DENSO TEN Limited, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,942.
Application 18/121,942 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/010448, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211804 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/0015 (2020.02) [G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control method executed by a controller that controls a vehicle which is configured to hold one or more persons and travel in an area in a building, the method comprising:
in a case in which occurrence of a disaster has been detected and it has been determined that nobody is riding on the vehicle, cause the vehicle to move to a standby place,
wherein causing the vehicle to move to the standby place includes determining the standby place as a place at which the vehicle (i) blocks an evacuee from deviating from an evacuation route and/or (ii) prevents the evacuee from entering a dangerous zone, and then transmitting the standby place to the vehicle so that the vehicle autonomously travels to the standby place.