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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Vehicle dispatch method, vehicle dispatch system, and parking fee charging system including the same
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Jun Goto, Toyota, JP;
Naoki Kurokawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takenori Shimizu, Inuyama, JP;
Junya Watanabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Koji Kawasaki, Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle dispatch method is a method for dispatching vehicles by a server, each of the vehicles being configured to perform automated driving. The vehicle dispatch method includes first to fifth steps. The first step is a step of dispatching, the vehicle to a current location of a user. The second step is a step of dispatching, the vehicle with no driver on board to a destination of the user using positional information of the destination. The third step is a step of, when the vehicle arrives at the destination, parking the vehicle at a parking space. The fourth step is a step of, when it is detected that the vehicle with the user on board approaches the parking space, moving the vehicle from the parking space. The fifth step is a step of parking the vehicle at the parking space where the vehicle has been parked.