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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Yoshiki Kuranuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Hokuto Fujii, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle, including a vehicle body, a wheel supported by the vehicle body, a steering mechanism configured to change a travel direction, a driving/braking force generating device configured to generate a driving force or a braking force to drive or decelerate the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of seats each configured to be sat on by a passenger, and an autonomous driving controller configured to control the steering mechanism and the driving/braking force generating device to autonomously drive the autonomous vehicle without any driver's manipulation. The autonomous driving controller is configured to determine whether or not to control the driving/braking force generating device to change the autonomous vehicle from a stopped state to a run state, based on (1) at least one of a number of passengers, a maximum capacity, or a scheduled number of passengers, and (2) at least one of a number of sitting passengers or a number of ready-state-expressing passengers.