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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hideo Umetani, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/01 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/0224 (2013.01); B60N 2/01 (2013.01); B60N 2/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02);
Abstract
A communication unit obtains transport plan information for transport of a plurality of persons using an automobile, and a processor generates seat control information for moving, to an entrance or an exit, a seat specified from the transport plan information among a plurality of seats provided in the automobile by using the transport plan information, and outputs the seat control information to a seat movement control unit which controls movement of the plurality of seats.