DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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Abstract
Provided is a technology that, when an unmanned haulage vehicle and a manned haulage vehicle are allowed to exist together and are subjected to fleet operations management, can provide driving assistance to an operator of the manned vehicle by using control data similar to those to be transmitted to the unmanned haulage vehicle. To this end, the manned vehicle is provided with a terminal-side communication control unit, a control command value conversion unit and a control command value providing unit. The terminal-side communication control unit receives, from a fleet operations management server that performs operations management of the unmanned haulage vehicle, a control command value for allowing the unmanned haulage vehicle to travel autonomously. The control command value conversion unit converts contents of the control command value to perceivable information. The control command value providing unit provides the perceivable information to the operator.
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Citations
19 Claims
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10. A driving assistance system in which each of driving assistance terminal device mounted on a first-type haulage vehicle driven by an operator and a second-type haulage vehicle with an autonomous traveling function applied to the first-type haulage vehicle and a fleet operations management server, which performs fleet operations management of the first-type haulage vehicle and second-type haulage vehicle, are connectable together for communications via a wireless communication network, wherein:
- the fleet operations management server includes;
a server-side communication control unit that performs control to establish a communicable connection with each of the driving assistance terminal device and second-type haulage vehicle, and a control command value generation unit that generates a control command value, which is to be used for autonomous travel control by a travel control unit mounted on the second-type haulage vehicle, and a control command value for allowing the first-type haulage vehicle to travel according to operations management by the fleet operations management server;
the driving assistance terminal device includes;a terminal-side communication control unit that performs control to establish a communicable connection to the fleet operations management server, a request information processing unit that generates, to the fleet operations management server, request information to request a control command value for an own vehicle, a conversion dictionary storage unit with conversion dictionary information stored therein, said conversion dictionary information including the control command value and perceivable data, which allows the operator to recognize contents of the control command value, associated with each other, a control command value conversion unit that converts the control command value, which the terminal-side communication control unit has received, to the associated perceivable data with reference to the conversion dictionary information, and a notification unit that provides the converted perceivable data to the operator; and when the server-side communication control unit receives the request information from the driving assistance terminal device, the control command value generation unit, responsive to the request information, generates a control command value for the first-type haulage vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
- the fleet operations management server includes;
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11. A first-type haulage vehicle driven by an operator and connectable to a fleet operations management server, which performs fleet operations management of a second-type haulage vehicle with an autonomous traveling function applied thereto and the first-type haulage vehicle, for communications via a wireless communication network, comprising:
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an external sensor device that detects a front obstacle of an own vehicle; a terminal-side communication control unit that receives, from the fleet operations management server, a control command value consisting of a control command value of a same kind as a control command value, which a travel control unit mounted on the second-type haulage vehicle uses for autonomous travel control and which is used for allowing the first-type haulage vehicle to travel according to operations management by the fleet operations management server; a conversion dictionary storage unit with conversion dictionary information stored therein, said conversion dictionary information including the control command value and perceivable data, which allows the operator to recognize contents of the control command value, associated with each other; a control command value conversion unit that converts the control command value, which the terminal-side communication control unit has received, to the associated perceivable data with reference to the conversion dictionary information; and a notification unit that provides the converted perceivable data to the operator.
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12. Driving assistance terminal device to be mounted on a first-type haulage vehicle that is driven by an operator, comprising:
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a terminal-side communication control unit that receives, from a fleet operations management server which performs operations management of an autonomously-traveling, second-type haulage vehicle and the first-type haulage vehicle, a control command value consisting of a control command value of a same kind as the control command value, which a travel control unit mounted on the second-type haulage vehicle uses for autonomous travel control and which is used for allowing the first-type haulage vehicle to travel according to operations management by the fleet operations management server; a conversion dictionary storage unit with conversion dictionary information stored therein, said conversion dictionary information including the control command value and perceivable data, which allows the operator to recognize contents of the control command value, associated with each other; a control command value conversion unit that converts the control command values, which the terminal-side communication control unit has received, to the associated perceivable data with reference to the conversion dictionary information; and a notification unit that provides the converted perceivable data to the operator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A driving assistance program for allowing an operator to perform driving according to operations management by a fleet operations server that performs operations management of a second-type haulage vehicle having an autonomous traveling function, said driving assistance program allowing a computer to execute:
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a step of receiving, from the fleet operations management server, a control command value consisting of a control command value of a same kind as a control command value, which a travel control unit mounted on the second-type haulage vehicle uses for autonomous travel control and which is used for allowing a vehicle, which is driven by the operator, to travel according to operations management by the fleet operations management server; a step of converting the received control command value to associated perceivable data with reference to the conversion dictionary information in which the control command value and perceivable data, which allows the operator to recognize contents of the control command value, are associated with each other; and a notification unit that provides the converted perceivable data to the operator.
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19. A second-type haulage vehicle in which an autonomous traveling function is applied to a first-type haulage vehicle driven by an operator to travel, comprising:
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an external sensor device that detects a front obstacle of the own vehicle, a terminal-side communication control unit that receives, from a fleet operations management server which performs operations management of the first-type haulage vehicle and second-type haulage vehicle, a control command value, which a travel control unit mounted on the second-type haulage vehicle uses for autonomous travel control, via a wireless communication network, the travel control unit that performs the autonomous travel control based on the control command value, a driving assistance unit that converts to perceivable data that allows an operator, who rides the second-type haulage vehicle, to recognize contents of the control command value, a notification unit that provides the converted perceivable data to the operator who rides the second-type haulage vehicle, and an output destination switching unit that switches an output destination of the control command value to the travel control unit or the driving assistance unit; and the driving assistance unit includes; a conversion dictionary storage unit with conversion dictionary information stored therein, said conversion dictionary information including the control command value and perceivable data associated with each other, and a control command value conversion unit that converts the control command value, which the terminal-side communication control unit has received, to the associated perceivable data with reference to the conversion dictionary information.
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Specification