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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); G08G 1/127 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G08G 1/127 (2013.01); G08G 1/148 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a vehicle that can travel autonomously is dropped off, a vehicle control apparatus causes the vehicle to move to a standby place by traveling autonomously. Specifically, when the vehicle is dropped off, the vehicle control apparatus determines a moving destination among standby places, based on the current location of the vehicle, and the locations of the standby places, and vehicle-demand prediction information, and instructs the vehicle to move to the determined moving destination.