Autonomous vehicles and programs for autonomous vehicles

Abstract

To provide an automatic driving vehicle which exhibits effects on capture and arrest of criminals.SOLUTION: An automatic driving vehicle is provided by a car rental company or a car sharing company and enables temporary use with an automatic driving mode. The automatic driving vehicle receives and registers biological information of a user of temporal use. It determines whether or not a driver is a temporary user by biological information authentication means, on the basis of the acquired biological information on the driver of the automatic driving vehicle, and the registered biological information. It includes means for setting a destination in the case of theft for determining whether or not one's own vehicle is in a theft state on the basis of the determination result of the biological information authentication means and setting a destination in the case of theft where the one's own vehicle is moved in the automatic driving mode when determining that the one's own vehicle is in the theft state. When determining that the one's own vehicle is in the theft state, it informs the temporary user, and the car rental company or the car sharing company that it is in the theft state and is moved to the destination in the case of theft set by the means for setting the destination in the case of theft.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Claims

1. An autonomous vehicle provided by a rental car company or car-sharing company, which has an autonomous driving mode and is available for temporary use, A biometric information registration means that accepts and registers biometric information including one or more of the facial image, fingerprint, iris, vein pattern, voice, and voiceprint of a temporary user, A biometric information acquisition means for acquiring biometric information of the driver of the autonomous vehicle, A biometric authentication means that determines whether the driver of the autonomous vehicle is the temporary user based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the biometric information registered by the biometric information registration means, A theft status determination means that determines whether or not the vehicle is in a stolen state based on the determination result of the biometric information authentication means, The theft destination setting means sets a theft destination to which the vehicle will travel in autonomous driving mode when the theft status determination means determines that the vehicle is in a theft state, Equipped with, If the theft status determination means determines that the vehicle is in a stolen state, it will notify the temporary user and the rental car company or car-sharing company of the theft status, and will move in autonomous driving mode to the theft destination set by the theft destination setting means. An autonomous vehicle characterized by the following features.

2. The car includes a navigation system that provides guidance to assist in moving to a designated destination using the aforementioned automated driving mode, The theft destination setting means sets the theft destination in the automatic driving mode to a police station or a transport area exclusively for stolen vehicles when the theft status determination means determines that the vehicle is in the stolen state. The vehicle moves to the police station or a designated transport area for stolen vehicles, which has been set as the destination in the time of theft using the theft destination setting means, using the car navigation means in the automatic driving mode. The autonomous vehicle according to feature 1.

3. A current location detection means for detecting the current position of the vehicle, The system includes a search means for searching the area surrounding the current location detected by the current location detection means, The theft destination setting means sets the nearest police station found by the search means as the theft destination. An autonomous vehicle according to claim 1 or 2.

4. If the theft detection means determines that the vehicle is in a theft state, the vehicle is equipped with locking means that locks the doors, windows, and / or seat belts in a way that prevents them from being opened or closed. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The system includes a notification means that, when the contact information of the destination at the time of theft is available, uses the contact information of the destination at the time of theft to notify the destination of the vehicle that the vehicle is stolen and provides information for identifying the vehicle via wireless communication. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. It includes a function to calculate time information regarding the estimated time of arrival at the destination at the time of the theft, The information to be notified to the destination at the time of the theft by the notification means includes time information regarding the estimated time of arrival at the destination at the time of the theft. The autonomous vehicle according to feature 5.

7. If the theft determination means determines that the vehicle is in a theft state, the input operation for specifying or changing the destination in the car navigation means is invalidated, but the car navigation means is provided with means to control the car navigation means to behave as if the input operation for specifying or changing the destination had been accepted. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 2 to 6.

8. The police station at the destination of the theft is equipped with a means of verifying the identity of the police officer. If, upon arriving at the aforementioned police agency, it is not possible to identify a police officer using the aforementioned verification means, then another police agency should be sought. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 2 to 7.

9. The police station at the destination of the theft is equipped with a means of verifying the identity of the police officer. If, upon arrival at the aforementioned police agency, it is not possible to identify a police officer using the aforementioned verification means, the officer shall remain in place and wait. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 2 to 7.

10. If the theft determination means determines that the vehicle is in the state of theft, the driver will call 110 to request police officers to come to the location where the vehicle was taken, or will call 110 and wait without moving the vehicle. The autonomous vehicle according to feature 1.

11. Equipped with a passenger imaging unit that photographs the occupants of the vehicle, If the theft determination means determines that the vehicle is in the state of theft, and the suspected thief flees from the vehicle, the image information of the suspected thief captured by the passenger imaging unit is sent to the police. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. Equipped with means for acquiring location information, The location information of the suspected thief who fled will be sent to the police. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

13. It has manual driving mode and automatic driving mode, If the theft detection means determines that the vehicle is in the theft state, and the vehicle was in manual driving mode, it will switch to automatic driving mode. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

14. If the user switches from the manual driving mode to the automatic driving mode, the ability to switch back to the manual driving mode will be disabled or made impossible. The autonomous vehicle according to feature 13.

15. It has manual driving mode and automatic driving mode, If the theft detection means determines that the vehicle is in the theft state, and the vehicle was in the automatic driving mode, the ability to switch to the manual driving mode is disabled or made impossible. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

16. The aforementioned biological information acquisition unit is an imaging unit, The theft determination means determines whether or not the vehicle is stolen based on the result of comparing a pre-registered facial image of a person with a facial image of a person newly captured by the imaging unit. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

17. If the person newly captured by the imaging unit is wearing a balaclava, the unit prompts the person to remove the balaclava. The autonomous vehicle according to feature 16.

18. Equipped with a passenger imaging unit that photographs the occupants of the vehicle, The theft determination means determines that the vehicle is in a stolen state if the passenger captured by the passenger imaging unit is wearing a balaclava. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

19. It is equipped with a memory unit that stores biometric information of criminals or suspects, including wanted criminals, obtained from a designated site on the internet, The system includes a means for determining whether a person is a criminal or suspect, including a wanted criminal, based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the biometric information stored in the storage unit. If the aforementioned suspect identification means determines that the person is the perpetrator, the vehicle will be transported to the police in autonomous driving mode. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

20. The vehicle is equipped with a theft detection means that detects when the vehicle has been stolen based on notifications from a surveillance camera system installed on the road. The surveillance camera system, based on the results of comparing the facial image of the vehicle driver captured by the surveillance camera with the facial image of the perpetrator or suspect, including a wanted criminal, sends a notification to the vehicle captured by the surveillance camera that it is in a stolen state. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

21. The theft determination means verifies the ID information, including name, address, date of birth, ID, password, mobile phone number, and email address. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 20.

22. The theft determination means includes detecting that the vehicle's position has been moved without the vehicle being driven, thereby determining that the vehicle is in a stolen state. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 21.

23. The theft status determination means is located on a cloud connected via the internet. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 22.

24. An anomaly detection means for detecting whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle, When the abnormality detection means detects that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle, the transmission means sends an abnormality notification, including information about the current situation, to a registered recipient. A receiving means for receiving notification from the registered party that sent the notification of the abnormality that the vehicle is in a stolen state, An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 23, characterized by comprising the above.

25. The current information included in the notification of the aforementioned anomaly includes image information of the passengers, image information of the surroundings of the vehicle, and / or the current location information of the vehicle. The autonomous vehicle according to feature 24.

26. The anomaly detection means includes a biological information acquisition unit, Based on the comparison result between the biometric information of a person that has been registered in advance and the biometric information newly acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit, the system detects that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 24 or 25.

27. The anomaly detection means includes detecting that an anomaly has occurred in the vehicle based on a notification from a surveillance camera system installed on the road. The surveillance camera system sends out a notification that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle, based on the results of comparing the facial image of the vehicle driver captured by the surveillance camera with the facial image of the criminal or suspect, including a wanted criminal. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 24 to 26.

28. The abnormality detection means includes detecting that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle by detecting that the vehicle's position has changed without the vehicle being driven. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 24 to 27.

29. It is equipped with an ambient imaging unit that takes pictures of the area around the vehicle, The information transmitted to the recipient by the transmission means includes image information of the area around the vehicle captured by the surrounding imaging unit, and the recipient displays the image of the area around the vehicle. The notification that the vehicle has been stolen, received by the receiving means, is sent from the other party when the image of the vehicle's surroundings shows the vehicle suspended in mid-air, being towed by a tow truck, or being placed on a trailer. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 24 to 28.

30. It is equipped with a notification means that notifies the status of the vehicle in text, images and / or sound, The notification means, based on the theft status determination means's determination that the vehicle is in a theft state, notifies that the vehicle is in a theft state, that a criminal or suspect, including a wanted criminal, is in the vehicle, and / or requests that the emergency contact be notified. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 29.

31. The setting of the destination in the event of theft is performed based on the battery, gasoline, and / or fuel levels of the autonomous vehicle. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 30.

32. A means for detecting voice calls from police vehicles to one's own vehicle, A speech recognition means for recognizing speech, Equipped with, When the aforementioned voice call is detected, the voice is recognized using speech recognition, and the vehicle's actions are set based on the results of the speech recognition. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 31.

33. The aforementioned biometric information includes at least the user's facial image, The facial images of passengers who could not be authenticated by the aforementioned biometric authentication means are stored in a memory area for those suspected of theft. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 32.

34. When the temporary use ends, the biometric information of the user who terminated the temporary use is deleted from the storage unit. An autonomous vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 33.

35. The computer installed in an autonomous vehicle, provided by a rental car company or car-sharing company and available for temporary use, which has an autonomous driving mode, A biometric information registration means for receiving and registering biometric information including one or more of the following from a temporary user: facial image, fingerprint, iris, vein pattern, voice, or voiceprint. A means for acquiring biometric information of the driver of the autonomous vehicle, A biometric authentication means that determines whether the driver of the autonomous vehicle is the temporary user based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and the biometric information registered by the biometric information registration means. Theft status determination means determines whether or not the vehicle is in a stolen state based on the determination result of the biometric information authentication means. The theft destination setting means sets a theft destination to which the vehicle will travel in autonomous driving mode when the theft status determination means determines that the vehicle is in a theft state. If the theft status determination means determines that the vehicle is in a stolen state, the means will notify the temporary user and the rental car company or car sharing company of the theft status, and will move in autonomous driving mode to the theft destination set by the theft destination setting means. A program for autonomous vehicles to function as such.

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