REMOTE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20220221855A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17656843

    申请日:2022-03-28

    Abstract: A remote assistance apparatus records, in an assistance content recording unit, assistance contents for remote assistance for an autonomous driving vehicle in response to the autonomous driving vehicle stopping as a result of an occurrence of a traveling abnormality, and then resumes autonomous traveling as a result of remote assistance for the autonomous driving vehicle being provided by an operator. The assistance contents include an assistance location and operator instruction contents for remote assistance instructed by the operator. The remote assistance apparatus detects an autonomous driving vehicle that is expected to pass through a predetermined assistance location included in predetermined assistance contents recorded in the assistance content recording unit. The remote assistance apparatus determines an assistance method of the remote assistance for the autonomous driving vehicle that is detected by the assisted vehicle detecting unit, based on the predetermined assistance contents that are recorded in the assistance content recording unit.

    Wireless Positioning Terminal
    2.
    发明申请
    Wireless Positioning Terminal 有权
    无线定位终端

    公开(公告)号:US20160345133A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-24

    申请号:US15156365

    申请日:2016-05-17

    CPC classification number: H04W4/029 H04B17/318 H04W4/046

    Abstract: A wireless positioning terminal includes a wireless receiver receiving reception signals from a wireless transmitter via multiple communication links. A multi-link-base reception informational item is determined by evaluating reception signals via the communication links. The multi-link-base reception informational item, which has a value varying with a position of the wireless positioning terminal, varies with the position differently from an informational item of a reception signal via one of the communication links. A base trajectory is stored which represents correspondence relation about points between (i) a position of the wireless positioning terminal and (ii) the multi-link-base reception informational item. A measured trajectory is generated which represents correspondence relation about points between (i) a calculated position variation and (ii) the multi-link-base reception informational item. A current position of the wireless positioning terminal is estimated based on a matching between the base trajectory and the measured trajectory.

    Abstract translation: 无线定位终端包括经由多个通信链路从无线发射机接收接收信号的无线接收机。 通过通过通信链路评估接收信号来确定多链路基接收信息项。 具有随着无线定位终端的位置而变化的值的多链路基接收信息项随着通过通信链路之一与接收信号的信息项不同的位置而变化。 存储基本轨迹,其表示关于(i)无线定位终端的位置与(ii)多链路基接收信息项之间的点的对应关系。 产生测量轨迹,其表示关于(i)计算出的位置变化与(ii)多链路基接收信息项之间的点的对应关系。 基于基本轨迹和测量轨迹之间的匹配来估计无线定位终端的当前位置。

    REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM, ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD, REMOTE SUPPORT PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20220242447A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17660003

    申请日:2022-04-20

    Abstract: A remote support system is provided with an acquiring unit that acquires management information for managing at least one of a communication state between an autonomous driving support center and an autonomous driving vehicle at a plurality of locations, and an environmental state in the vicinity of the autonomous driving vehicle at a plurality of locations; and an execution unit that executes an operation for an operator performing a remote support of the autonomous driving vehicle in accordance with at least one of the communication state and the environmental state, the operation restricting a remote support function included in an operator terminal used by the operator.

    MOBILE SYSTEM COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190253948A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US16267746

    申请日:2019-02-05

    Abstract: A mobile system communication apparatus is configured to perform a selection of either (i) transmitting a transmission data with a present communication characteristic or (ii) transmitting the transmission data with an advantageous communication characteristic that is more advantageous than the present communication characteristic, from a result of comparison between a target communication quality and a predicted communication quality that is predicted when communicating with the advantageous communication characteristic based on (i) a predicted position of a mobile communication apparatus and a correspondence relationship between a position and a communication characteristic used by the mobile communication apparatus.

    TRAVEL ASSIST SYSTEM, TRAVEL ASSIST METHOD, AND TRAVEL-ASSIST CONTROL PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20240043035A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18485237

    申请日:2023-10-11

    CPC classification number: B60W60/001 B60W2556/45 B60W2556/05 B60W2555/20

    Abstract: In a travel assist system, a travel assist control unit selectively performs an off-peak task upon receiving at least one assistance request during an off-peak situation where there are a predetermined number of free operators included in a first group. The off-peak task assigns the at least one assistance request to a selected one of the free operators included in the first group. The travel assist control unit selectively performs an on-peak task upon receiving the at least one assistance request during an on-peak situation where there are not the predetermined number of the free operators included in the first group. The on-peak task analyzes assignment of the at least one assistance request to a selected one of second operators included in a second group in accordance with a priority level of the at least one assistance request.

    DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM AND DATA CENTER
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190066403A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16107633

    申请日:2018-08-21

    Abstract: A data collection system includes: a communication terminal in each vehicle having a storage processor storing specific sensing information in a storage device and a vehicle-side communication unit; and a data center including a data center-side communication unit and a data center-side storage. The vehicle-side communication unit sequentially transmits vehicle information including a vehicle position to the data center. The data center-side communication unit transmits a transmission request of object information as the specific sensing information to an object vehicle, which is one of the vehicles approximately at a traveling position specified based on the vehicle position. The vehicle-side communication unit transmits the object information to the data center. When the data center-side communication unit receives the object information from a part of object vehicles, the data center-side communication unit transmits a deletion request for requesting to delete the object information to a remaining part of the object vehicles.

    REMOTE ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240126281A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18399351

    申请日:2023-12-28

    CPC classification number: G05D1/227 G05D1/222 G05D2109/10

    Abstract: A remote assistance device includes a prediction unit that predicts an assistance provision probability that assistance for a vehicle will be necessary and a priority of the necessary assistance, which are associated with assistance contents of point information, based on a travel route including assistance points and the location information on the assistance points, and a reservation unit that determines whether a reservation for assistance by an operator is necessary based on the assistance provision probability and the priority, and sets, if the reservation is necessary, a reservation for assistance for not assigning an assistance task to the operator even when a low-priority assistance request is newly made while the reservation is held.

    MONITORING CENTER, MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220223039A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17657074

    申请日:2022-03-29

    Inventor: Toru NAGURA

    Abstract: A monitoring center communicates with an autonomous vehicle via a network to monitor the autonomous vehicle. The monitoring center includes a communication unit that receives data regarding a vehicle state from the autonomous vehicle, a determination unit determines whether a state of the autonomous vehicle satisfies a condition for assistance by an operator based on the data regarding a vehicle state, and an operator cooperation unit that notifies the operator of an assistance request if it is determined that the condition is satisfied. The determination unit performs the determination based on a condition different from the last condition if a situation in which the autonomous vehicle is placed is not changed from when an assistance request is issued last time.

    REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS AND ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20210094567A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US17034363

    申请日:2020-09-28

    Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus includes an assistance request receiving unit, an object information receiving unit, a determining unit, a past image receiving unit and an operator collaboration unit. The assistance request receiving unit receives an assistance request transmitted from an autonomous vehicle. The object information receiving unit requests, before the assistance request is sent to an operator, the autonomous vehicle to transmit object information and receives it from the autonomous vehicle. The determining unit determines, based on the object information, whether at least one past image is required. The past image receiving unit requests, upon determination by the determining unit that at least one past image is required, the autonomous vehicle to transmit the at least one past image and receives it from the autonomous vehicle. The operator collaboration unit sends the at least one past image along with the assistance request to the operator.

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