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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 21, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masao Hitomi, Toyota, JP;
Yu Nishikata, Musashimurayama, JP;
Kousuke Matsuyama, Hino, JP;
Maiko Eguchi, Hino, JP;
Seiji Kuroki, Hino, JP;
Hiroaki Kawahara, Hino, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A platoon organization device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation plan information including a departure place, a destination, and information indicating whether the vehicle corresponds to a special vehicle, of each vehicle, the special vehicle being a vehicle having at least one of a predetermined function and equipment that resolves an event when the event that requires stopping of the vehicle occurs in at least one of the vehicle and a driver; an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of vehicles having at least a part of sections in common in a course from the departure place to the destination; an organization unit configured to organize a platoon including the vehicles such that at least one special vehicle is included in a vehicle group organizing the platoon from a platoon departure place to a platoon destination; and an output unit configured to output platoon information.