Patent ID: 11868129
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. A control method for controlling autonomous running of a vehicle, the control method comprising:
by an in-vehicle computer of the vehicle,
transmitting data obtained by an autonomous sensor of the vehicle 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
after a second signal for permitting to restart the running of the vehicle from the computer of the remote monitoring center is received, restarting running of the vehicle and keeping the vehicle running at reduced speed for a predetermined time after restarting the running of the vehicle, wherein the predetermined time varies depending on a running environment of the vehicle obtained from the autonomous sensor.