公开(公告)号：US20200284593A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16883439

申请日：2020-05-26

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Junya WATANABE ,  Hideyuki MATSUI ,  Norihiro TAKAHASHI

IPC: G01C21/32 ,  G06F16/29 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W4/40 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: A map information update system includes a map database; a server; a vehicle position recognition unit configured to recognizes a vehicle position of a vehicle on a map; an external environment information generation unit configured to generate external environment information related to an external environment of the vehicle in association with the vehicle position on the map based on the vehicle position on the map and a detection result of a sensor mounted on the vehicle; a map freshness calculation unit configured to calculate map freshness per area set in advance on map information; a awarding unit configured to award a user of the vehicle or the vehicle an incentive point which is set in advance in accordance with the map freshness of the area corresponding to the external environment information, when the external environment information is transmitted to the server from the vehicle; and a user interaction unit.

公开(公告)号：US20180224858A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15888225

申请日：2018-02-05

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Junya WATANABE ,  Hideyuki MATSUI

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G09B19/00

Abstract: An autonomous driving device includes a route acquisition unit, a vehicle position determination unit, a stop section estimation unit, an intention confirmation unit, a reward provision unit configured to provide reward for getting off the vehicle in a case where the intention confirmation unit confirms that the occupant has the intention to get off the vehicle, and a traveling controller configured to perform an autonomous driving control and to stop a vehicle before the vehicle arrives at an autonomous driving stop section in a case where the intention confirmation unit confirms that an occupant has the intention to get off the vehicle while the autonomous driving control is being performed.