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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Umeda, Nissin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); B61L 23/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G08G 1/123 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation control apparatus is for a plurality of vehicles traveling in a self-driving manner on a cyclic route having a plurality of stop points. The operation control apparatus includes a controller that acquires vehicle interval information between a preceding vehicle and a succeeding vehicle, based on a time period of a stop of the preceding vehicle at a stop point and a distance from the succeeding vehicle to the stop point when the preceding vehicle is stopping at the stop point, and controls the plurality of vehicles based on the information.