Patent ID: 11958732
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A remote operation device configured to be operated by a user, comprising:
a remote communication interface that performs wireless communication with a vehicle communication interface provided in an industrial vehicle; and
a processor programmed to:
based upon a remote-operation stop operation being performed in a situation where operation of the industrial vehicle is being performed through a remote operation by the remote operation device, perform an operation stop control for stopping the operation of the industrial vehicle, and stop the remote operation after the operation stop control is completed,
wherein
a control mode of the industrial vehicle includes:
a remote mode in which the operation of the industrial vehicle is performed not through operation of a steering wheel or an operation lever of the industrial vehicle but through the remote operation by the remote operation device performed by the user,
a manned mode in which the operation of the industrial vehicle is performed not through the remote operation by the remote operation device but through the operation of the steering wheel or the operation lever of the industrial vehicle, and
a neutral mode in which the operation of the industrial vehicle is not performed through any of the remote operation by the remote operation device and the operation of the industrial vehicle through the operation of the steering wheel or the operation lever of the vehicle industrial vehicle, and

the processor is further programmed to:
based upon the remote-operation stop operation being performed on the remote operation device in a situation where the control mode is the remote mode and the operation of the industrial vehicle is being performed, perform the operation stop control and shift the control mode from the remote mode to the neutral mode after the operation stop control is completed,
when the control mode is the neutral mode, shift the control mode from the neutral mode to the manned mode based on satisfaction of a manned mode shift condition including that an occupant has been detected by a man sensor in the industrial vehicle, and

when the control mode is the manned mode, shift the control mode from the manned mode to the neutral mode based on satisfaction of a neutral mode shift condition including that an occupant has not been detected by the man sensor.