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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Katsuhiko Yourou, Toyonaka, JP;
Naomi Kataoka, Nagoya, JP;
Toshiaki Niwa, Okazaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Baba, Kamo-gun, JP;
Kazuyuki Kagawa, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A movable body utilization system includes: a vehicle configured to perform automated driving; and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle. The server selects the vehicle conforming to a demand of a user who is not an owner of the vehicle when the server receives a utilization application for utilizing the vehicle for a predetermined purpose by the user, the demand including the vehicle utilizable for the predetermined purpose and a utilization fee of the vehicle. Then, the server transmits, to the selected vehicle, an instruction for allowing the user to utilize the vehicle. In accordance with the instruction, the vehicle is configured to move to the user who has made the utilization application.