Patent ID: 11912309
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 5:
6. A travel control method for controlling travel of a autonomous driving vehicle by means of a travel control device, the method comprising:
the travel control device making the autonomous driving vehicle travel in such a way that the autonomous driving vehicle arrives at a specified position specified by a user who intends to board the autonomous driving vehicle;
when the autonomous driving vehicle has reached a predetermined range from the specified position, the travel control device transmitting, to a user terminal that the user has, an information sending request requesting sending of a user periphery image depicting a peripheral region around the user via a communication circuit configured to be communicable with the user terminal; and
when receiving the user periphery image via the communication circuit, the travel control device making the autonomous driving vehicle move, based on the user periphery image in such a way that the autonomous driving vehicle comes close to the user.