Patent ID: 11955009
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 11:
12. An autonomous driving control method, comprising:
setting a first target route as a target route that is a route to a destination;
determining whether an abnormality has occurred in a remote support system, the remote support system being configured to provide remote support to an autonomous vehicle that is an object of the remote support;
when the abnormality is performance degradation detected in the remote support system, searching for an alternative route that is a route to the destination based on specific position information indicating a specific position where the autonomous vehicle has a possibility to require the remote support, the alternative route having a smaller number of specific positions to be passed through by the autonomous vehicle than the first target route;
when the alternative route is found, changing the target route from the first target route to the alternative route; and
controlling the autonomous vehicle.