Automatic driving system for automatically driven vehicle
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1. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a memory;
one or more integrated circuits;
a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; and
an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle,whereinthe travel direction acquirer is configured to acquire, as the travel direction information, a rule for travel directions of the roadways in the parking lot and travel directions in which vehicles actually travel in the roadways in the parking lot, andthe allowance determination unit is configured to, if determining, based on the rule for the travel directions included in the travel direction information, that each of the roadways in the parking lot is unidirectional, and if determining, based on the travel directions in which the vehicles actually travel included in the travel direction information, that the travel directions in which the vehicles actually travel in the roadways in the parking lot coincide with the travel directions of the roadways in the parking lot defined by the rule, allow automatic driving of an automatically driven vehicle.
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An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle. In the system, a travel direction acquirer is configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each of lanes in a parking lot is unidirectional. In addition, in the system, an allowance determination unit is configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each of the lanes in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle.
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11 Claims
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1. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; and an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle, wherein the travel direction acquirer is configured to acquire, as the travel direction information, a rule for travel directions of the roadways in the parking lot and travel directions in which vehicles actually travel in the roadways in the parking lot, and the allowance determination unit is configured to, if determining, based on the rule for the travel directions included in the travel direction information, that each of the roadways in the parking lot is unidirectional, and if determining, based on the travel directions in which the vehicles actually travel included in the travel direction information, that the travel directions in which the vehicles actually travel in the roadways in the parking lot coincide with the travel directions of the roadways in the parking lot defined by the rule, allow automatic driving of an automatically driven vehicle.
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2. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; and an empty bay value acquirer configured to acquire an empty bay value that is a number of empty bays in the parking lot or a ratio of the number of empty bays to a total number of bays in the parking lot, wherein the allowance determination unit is configured to, if the empty bay value is less than a predetermined allowable reference value, disallow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle.
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3. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; and an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; and a mobile device carried by a user of the automatically driven vehicle, the mobile device being configured to transmit an automatic driving instruction signal for instructing the automatically driven vehicle to start automatic driving, wherein the mobile device is configured to include a location of the mobile device in the automatic driving instruction signal, and transmit the automatic driving instruction signal including the location of the mobile device, and the allowance determination unit is configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, and if a travel path for the automatically driven vehicle to reach a location of the user is successfully set up, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle in the parking lot.
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4. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; and an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle, wherein the allowance determination unit is configured to, if the parking lot is outdoors and if the weather in the parking lot is rainy, foggy or snowy, disallow automatic driving.
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5. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; a mobile device carried by a user of the automatically driven vehicle, the mobile device being configured to transmit an automatic driving instruction signal for instructing the automatically driven vehicle to start automatic driving, wherein the mobile device is configured to include a location of the mobile device in the automatic driving instruction signal, and transmit the automatic driving instruction signal including the location of the mobile device; a vehicle location detector mounted in the automatically driven vehicle, the vehicle location detector being configured to detect a location of the automatically driven vehicle; and a distance determiner configured to, based on the location of the mobile device included in the automatic driving instruction signal transmitted by the mobile device and the location of the automatically driven vehicle detected by the vehicle location detector, determine a distance between the mobile device and the automatically driven vehicle, wherein the allowance determination unit is configured to, if the distance between the mobile device and the automatically driven vehicle determined by the distance determiner is greater than a predetermined allowable distance threshold, disallow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle.
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6. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; a mobile device carried by a user of the automatically driven vehicle, the mobile device being configured to transmit an automatic driving instruction signal for instructing the automatically driven vehicle to start automatic driving; and a transmitter mounted in the automatically driven vehicle, the transmitter being configured to, if the allowance determination unit has determined to disallow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle, transmit a disallowance signal indicative of automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle being disallowed, wherein the mobile device comprises; a receiver configured to receive the disallowance signal; and a display configured to, upon receipt of the disallowance signal at the receiver, display that automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle has been disallowed.
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7. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; an electronic key pre-registered as a device via which the automatically driven vehicle can be remote-operated; a mobile communication device pre-registered as a device that belongs to a user of the automatically driven vehicle; and an authentication unit configured to authenticate the electronic key and the mobile communication device, wherein the allowance determination unit is configured to, if, as an additional condition for allowing automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle, the authentication of the electronic key and the mobile communication device by the authentication unit has succeeded, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; and a warning unit configured to sound an alert prior to the automatically driven vehicle starting to move to ensure that persons around the automatically driven vehicle in the parking lot are aware that automatic driving is started.
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11. An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory; one or more integrated circuits; a travel direction acquirer, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each roadway in a parking lot is unidirectional; an allowance determination unit, using the CPU and the one or more integrated circuits, configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each roadway in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle; a mobile device carried by a user of the automatically driven vehicle, the mobile device being configured to transmit an automatic driving instruction signal for instructing the automatically driven vehicle to start automatic driving; and an automatic-driving controller configured to, during automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle, sequentially determine whether or not the communication with the mobile device is interrupted, and if it is determined that the communication with the mobile device is interrupted, stop automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle.
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