Patent ID: 11953899
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A remote monitoring system comprising:
a vehicle which is configured to autonomously run; and
a center which is configured to communicate with the vehicle, wherein
the vehicle comprises:
an autonomous sensor obtaining a peripheral environment of the vehicle;

a data transmitter section configured to transmit data obtained by the autonomous sensor to the center;
an obstacle detection part configured to detect an obstacle in front of a course of the vehicle based on information obtained by the autonomous sensor;
a stop control unit configured to stop the vehicle based on detection of an obstacle by the obstacle detection part and to transmit a first signal to the center; and
a restart control unit configured to, when a second signal for permitting to restart running of the vehicle from the center is received after the vehicle is stopped by the stop control unit, restart the running of the vehicle; wherein

the center comprises:
a display displaying an image around the vehicle based on the data from the data transmitter section when the center received the first signal from the stop control unit; and
a human machine interface receiving an input of an instruction to permit to restart the running of the vehicle, and
the center is configured to transmit the second signal to the vehicle when the human machine interface receives the input of the instruction to permit the restarting the running of the vehicle, wherein

the center is further configured to, when a present location of the vehicle is in a predetermined place of which safety is confirmed by the center based on a previous confirmation result of safety at the predetermined place, transmit a third signal for indicating a stop of the vehicle is unnecessary to the vehicle, and wherein
the stop control unit is further configured to, after receiving the third signal, prevent the vehicle from being stopped even when the obstacle detection part detects an obstacle.