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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Satoru Taniguchi, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An operation support apparatus comprises an information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information that is information relating to a vehicle capable of participating in convoy travel; a convoy formation unit configured to form a convoy including a plurality of vehicles; a profit calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the vehicle information, a profit generated by performing the convoy travel for each vehicle forming the convoy; and a profit distribution unit configured to generate distribution data that is data for distributing the profits among the plurality of vehicles forming the convoy.