Patent ID: 11953899
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A remote monitoring method for controlling an autonomous running of a vehicle, the remote monitoring method comprising:
by an in-vehicle computer of the vehicle,
transmitting data obtained by an autonomous sensor to a computer of a center;
detecting an obstacle in front of a course of the vehicle based on information obtained by the autonomous sensor;
stopping the vehicle based on detection of an obstacle and transmitting a first signal to the center; and
restarting running of the vehicle when a second signal for permitting to restart the running of the vehicle from the computer of the center is received; and

by a computer of the center,
when receiving the first signal, displaying an image around the vehicle based on the data from the in-vehicle computer; and
receiving an input of an instruction to permit to restart the running of the vehicle and transmitting to the in-vehicle computer the second signal, and
when a present location of the vehicle is in a predetermined place of which safety is confirmed by the center based on a previous confirmation result of safety at the predetermined place, transmitting a third signal for indicating that a stop of the vehicle is unnecessary to the vehicle, wherein

after receiving the third signal, the vehicle is not stopped and the first signal is not transmitted even when the obstacle detection part detects an obstacle.