Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

Kaori Kitami

Hideki Kubo

Motokazu Iwasaki

Keishi Higashi

Masaru Watabiki

Shinsuke Iuchi

Megumi Kobayashi

Michiyo Sato

Kiyoshi Takemoto

Yasuto Hatafuku

Yoko Ikeda

Tatsuki Shiraishi

Hideo Ando

Masaharu Doi

Takeshi Nagai

Masanori Takahashi

Yoshiki Yamaoka

Masahiro Samejima

Keiji Ogata

Masatomo Saito

Masao Uozumi

According to one embodiment, a platooning operation system organizes a platoon by making a plurality of vehicles cooperate. The platooning operation system includes an application acceptance processor and a platoon organization processor. The application acceptance processor accepts an application of a vehicle for admission to the platoon. The platoon organization processor which selects a platoon to which the vehicle is to be admitted or determines possibility of admission of the vehicle to the platoon, based on at least one of information on a driver driving the vehicle and information on the vehicle.

Platooning operation system and platooning operation method

According to one embodiment, a consolidated transportation method arranges a plurality of baggage in a same transportation area and performs transportation. A consolidation determination item is defined. A first baggage corresponding to an easily transferred baggage item in the consolidation determination item is arranged in a first transportation area and transported. A second baggage corresponding to a highly sensitive baggage item in the consolidation determination item is arranged in a second transportation area and transported. A first transporter includes the first transportation area. A second transporter includes the second transportation area. The first transportation area and the second transportation area are physically separated.

Consolidated transportation method and consolidation terminal

According to one embodiment, a transport service method comprises organizing a vehicle group of a plurality of self-driving vehicles in which a parameter value inherent to vehicles falls within a predetermined range, and controlling cooperative travel of the self-driving vehicles in the vehicle group to perform transport service of baggage, persons, animals, and the like.

Transport service method, vehicle platooning method, vehicle group navigation system, self-driving vehicle capable of platooning, and grouped vehicle guidance device

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Kunitachi, Japan

Kaori Kitami