Personalized suggestion of automated driving features

• US 9,709,414 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2015
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Prokhorov, Danil V.
• Primary Examiner(s): ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE
• Application Number:
  US14/872,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20170097241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 701 22, 701 25, 701 36, 701420
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/00 Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/08 Interaction between the driver and the control system
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00

Abstract

A personalized suggestion for an automated driving feature of a vehicle can be made. Driving data for a travel route of a vehicle can be received. The driving data can include vehicle data and driving environment data. Based on the received driving data, it can be determined whether an automated driving feature could have been used for at least a portion of the travel route. Responsive to determining that the automated driving feature could have been used for the at least a portion of the travel route, a suggestion for using the automated driving feature can be generated. The suggestion can be presented to a user, such as the driver of the vehicle, or caused to be presented to the user. The automated driving feature may be currently included on the vehicle, or it may not be currently included on the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method of suggesting an automated driving feature of a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving driving data for a travel route of a vehicle;

determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route based on the received driving data;

responsive to determining that the automated driving feature is usable for the at least a portion of the travel route, generating a suggestion for using the automated driving feature; and

causing the suggestion to be presented.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for the at least a portion of the travel route is performed in real-time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein causing the suggestion to be presented to a user is performed one of:

in real-time or after completion of the travel route.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated driving feature is an automated driving feature that is not currently included on the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated driving feature is an automated driving feature that is currently included on the vehicle but was not used during the travel route.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the driving data includes actual vehicle usage data and driving environment data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route based on the received driving data includes determining at least one of how much time and how often the automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggestion includes at least one of how much time and how often the automated driving feature is usable during at least a portion the travel route.

9. The method of claim 1, further including:

generating driving data for a reference vehicle equipped with the automated driving feature traveling along the travel route, and

wherein determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for the at least a portion of the travel route includes comparing the received driving data to the generated driving data for the reference vehicle.

10. A system for making a suggestion for using an automated driving feature of a vehicle, the system comprising:

a processor, the processor being programmed to initiate executable operations comprising;

receiving driving data for a travel route of a vehicle,

determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route based on the received driving data;

responsive to determining that the automated driving feature is usable for the at least a portion of the travel route, generating a suggestion for using the automated driving feature; and

causing the suggestion to be presented.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is located onboard the vehicle, and further including one or more sensors operatively connected to the processor.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is located remote from the vehicle.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the driving data includes actual vehicle usage data and driving environment data.

14. The system of claim 10, further including a display, wherein the display is operatively connected to the processor, and wherein causing the suggestion to be presented to a user includes causing the suggestion to be presented on the display.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the automated driving feature is an automated driving feature that is not currently included on the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the automated driving feature is an automated driving feature that is currently included on the vehicle but was not used during the travel route.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route based on the received driving data includes determining at least one of how much time and how often the automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route.

18. A computer program product for making a suggestion for using an automated driving feature of a vehicle, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving driving data for a travel route of a vehicle;

determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route based on the received driving data;

responsive to determining that the automated driving feature is usable for the at least a portion of the travel route, generating a suggestion for using the automated driving feature; and

causing the suggestion to be presented.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein determining whether an automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route based on the received driving data includes determining at least one of how much time and how often the automated driving feature is usable for at least a portion of the travel route.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the automated driving feature is one of:

an automated driving feature that is currently included on the vehicle but was not used during the travel route, or

an automated driving feature that is not currently included on the vehicle.