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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Nobuhide Kamata, Susono, JP;
Yasuo Uehara, Gotemba, JP;
Nozomu Hatta, Susono, JP;
Shunsuke Tanimori, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The vehicle allocation apparatus includes a vehicle assignment unit that assigns a self-driving vehicle to a vehicle dispatch request including ride location information indicating a ride location of a prospective passenger wishing for dispatch of the self-driving vehicle, a travel instruction unit that instructs, through a communication unit, the assigned self-driving vehicle to move via the ride location, and a ride confirmation unit that acquires, from the assigned self-driving vehicle, ride information indicating whether the prospective passenger has ridden in the assigned self-driving vehicle after arrival of the assigned self-driving vehicle at the ride location. Before a predetermined vehicle re-allocation grace time passes after receiving the ride information indicating that the prospective passenger has not ridden in the assigned self-driving vehicle, the vehicle assignment unit assigns a self-driving vehicle other than the assigned self-driving vehicle to a vehicle dispatch request from other than the prospective passenger.