Patent ID: 11919541
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. An automated driving method to control an automated drive vehicle provided to a driverless transportation service,
wherein the automated driving method comprises the steps of:
obtaining user information indicating information on a user of the driverless transportation service and driving environment information indicating information on a driving environment of the automated drive vehicle; and
executing run control processing of the automated drive vehicle based on the user information and the driving environment information,
wherein the run control processing includes carriage porch control processing that is executed when a pick up and/or drop off position of the user corresponds to a carriage porch of a facility including a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone is further from a curb than the second zone,
wherein the carriage porch control processing includes the steps of:
judging whether or not the second zone has an empty space;
if it is judged that there is no empty space, based on the user information, judging whether or not a quick pick-up and/or drop-off in the carriage porch of the user is expected based on whether the user is not a subject of a priority-seat condition, whether the user does not use a baggage room, whether a total number of users using the driverless transportation service at a same time is two or less, whether the user is accustomed to using the driverless transportation service, and whether the user does not need to use an umbrella; and
if it is judged that the quick pick-up and/or drop-off is expected, setting a target pick-up and/or drop-off position to perform a pick-up and/or drop-off action of the automated drive vehicle at any position within the first zone.