Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle allocation apparatus and vehicle allocation method
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Application No.: US16749264Application Date: 2020-01-22
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Publication No.: US11235786B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Nobuhide Kamata , Yasuo Uehara , Nozomu Hatta , Shunsuke Tanimori
- Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-010445 20190124
- Main IPC: B60W60/00
- IPC: B60W60/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G06Q50/30

Abstract:
The vehicle allocation apparatus includes a vehicle assignment unit that assigns a self-driving vehicle to a vehicle dispatch request including ride location information indicating a ride location of a prospective passenger wishing for dispatch of the self-driving vehicle, a travel instruction unit that instructs, through a communication unit, the assigned self-driving vehicle to move via the ride location, and a ride confirmation unit that acquires, from the assigned self-driving vehicle, ride information indicating whether the prospective passenger has ridden in the assigned self-driving vehicle after arrival of the assigned self-driving vehicle at the ride location. Before a predetermined vehicle re-allocation grace time passes after receiving the ride information indicating that the prospective passenger has not ridden in the assigned self-driving vehicle, the vehicle assignment unit assigns a self-driving vehicle other than the assigned self-driving vehicle to a vehicle dispatch request from other than the prospective passenger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200239032A1 VEHICLE ALLOCATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE ALLOCATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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