Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Dany Benjamin

Shunsuke Tanimori

Rio Minagawa

Yuta Kodama

Roger Kyle

Corentin Marie C Mossoux

Michael C Edwards

Hazem Ahmed

Charan Lota

A control apparatus is a control apparatus that is communicably connected to a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the control apparatus including a controller configured to: identify the first vehicle as a transfer destination for a luggage item stored in the second vehicle; read a targeted relative relationship between the second vehicle and the first vehicle; control the second vehicle based on the targeted relative relationship; and when a difference between the targeted relative relationship and an actual relative relationship is within an allowable range, convey the luggage item from the second vehicle to the first vehicle using a conveyer of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.

Control apparatus, vehicle, non-transitory computer readable medium, and control method

A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the control apparatus including a controller. The controller is configured to: when the controller determines that boarding or alighting by a user or loading or unloading of luggage is to be performed with respect to the vehicle, control the vehicle to project visual information to, or set a geo-fence on, at least a part of a region within a predetermined range from the vehicle.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to determining vehicle usage. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a travel route of a vehicle, identifying a pattern of travel based on the travel route over a predetermined period of time, and determining whether the vehicle is being used as a private vehicle for an on-demand delivery service based on the pattern of travel. The method includes, when the vehicle is being used as a private vehicle for an on-demand delivery service, generating a notification to an entity associated with the vehicle, wherein the notification includes information relating to the vehicle being used as a private vehicle for an on-demand delivery service.

Systems and methods for determining vehicle usage

Methods and systems for gathering real estate data. The system includes a vehicle camera configured to detect image data associated with a house and a realtor sign. The system includes a GPS unit configured to detect location data associated with the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to determine sign data based on the image data associated with the realtor sign and house data based on the image data associated with the house. The ECU is also configured to determine house location data based on the location data. The system includes a vehicle transceiver configured to communicate the sign data, the house data, and the house location data. The system includes a remote data server configured to receive the sign data, the house data, and the house location data and update the real estate listing data stored in memory.

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Rowlett, TX, United States of America

Dany Benjamin