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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Yamada, Nagakute, JP;
Masaki Ito, Toyota, JP;
Shotaro Inoue, Nissin, JP;
Akihiro Muguruma, Nagoya, JP;
Michio Ikeda, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60R 15/04 (2006.01); B60P 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); B60P 3/32 (2013.01); B60R 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An accompanying vehicle selection system includes: a first vehicle that is provided with a driver's seat; a plurality of second vehicles that have different functions from the first vehicle, and that are configured to travel in accompaniment with the first vehicle; and a control unit that is provided in the first vehicle, and that determines, based on input information, which vehicle from among the plurality of second vehicles is to travel in accompaniment with the first vehicle.