Patent ID: 11912308
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An autonomous vehicle to which passengers transfer from a large vehicle relatively larger than the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
a processor configured to
in response to the large vehicle being stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the large vehicle to place a second entrance of the autonomous vehicle next to a first entrance of the large vehicle; and

a sensor configured to measure an offset distance between the second entrance of the autonomous vehicle and the first entrance of the large vehicle,
wherein the processor is configured to
recognize the first entrance of the large vehicle by implementing a neural network that has been trained by training data to distinguish the first entrance of the large vehicle, and
execute a correct arrival control for pulling up the autonomous vehicle alongside the large vehicle by controlling steering of the autonomous vehicle to cause the offset distance to fall within a predetermined proximity region.