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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Jun Goto, Toyota, JP;
Takenori Shimizu, Inuyama, JP;
Naoki Kurokawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Junya Watanabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Koji Kawasaki, Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A school-travel assistance system includes automobiles. The automobiles include communication modules configured to communicate with each other, and are configured to perform auto-driving. At least one of the automobiles includes a camera configured to detect the group of children. The automobiles perform assistance control (first and second assistance controls) in which they cooperatively assist movement of the group of children, while communicating with each other through the communication modules. The assistance control is control of assisting the movement of the group of children by the automobile traveling in front of the group of children and the automobile traveling behind the group of children.