Patent ID: 11932267
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A vehicle system comprising:
a vehicle platform including a first computer that is configured to control traveling of a vehicle, the vehicle platform also including a braking device, a steering device, a steering angle sensor, and a speed sensor;
an automated-driving platform including a second computer that is configured to control automated-driving of the vehicle, the automated-driving platform also including sensors;
a first network connecting the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform and by which the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform can communicate with each other;
a second network connecting the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform and by which the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform can communicate with each other;
a main power supply that is configured to supply electricity required for communication in the first network;
a sub-power supply that is configured to supply electricity required for communication in the second network; and
a communication interface that is configured to allow communication of information between the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform to be performed by using any one of the first network and the second network, wherein
the communication interface is configured to determine whether the communication between the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform can be performed using the first network,
the communication interface is further configured to: acquire a first control instruction including data for controlling the vehicle platform from the second computer; translate the first control instruction into a second control instruction for the first computer; and transmit the second control instruction to the first computer,
the first control instruction includes at least one of an acceleration deceleration instruction and a steering instruction,
the communication interface is configured to discard an instruction other than the acceleration-deceleration instruction and the steering instruction when the first control instruction includes the instruction other than the acceleration-deceleration instruction and the steering instruction,
the first control instruction is data that is not particular to the first computer included in the vehicle, and
the second control instruction is data that is particular to the first computer.