SERVER DEVICE AND VEHICLE

• Main Authors: OKA, Naoya, KAMEDA, Keiko, KASHIWAI, Tadahiro, HASEGAWA, Hideo, EJIRI, Misa, NARUSE, Shintaro, MONJI, Hiroyuki, KOIKE, Kensuke
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.03.2022
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CHECKING-DEVICES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A server device includes: a server communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle, and receive fallen object avoidance information from the vehicle, the fallen object avoidance information including position information on a fallen object and information indicating whether an avoidance operation was performed by the vehicle for the fallen object; and a server control unit configured to determine, for the same fallen object that is present at the same position, whether the same fallen object should be avoided based on the fallen object avoidance information, and notify a first following vehicle that the same fallen object should be avoided when the server control unit determines that the same fallen object should be avoided, the first following vehicle being a vehicle that is traveling within a predetermined range behind the same fallen object.