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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsugu Makita, Nagoya, JP;

Daigo Fujii, Tsushima, JP;

Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control system includes: a first vehicle including a smell detection unit, a smell determination unit configured to determine whether an intensity of the smell is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first vehicle position information indicating a position of the first vehicle, and a notification unit configured to notify a second vehicle about the first vehicle position information when the smell determination unit determines that the intensity of the smell is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold value; and a second vehicle configured to communicate with the first vehicle and including an information output processing unit configured to cause an information output unit to output a warning notifying about a presence of the first vehicle when an approach determination unit determines that first vehicle is positioned less than the predetermined distance from the second vehicle.


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