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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Applicants:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Aichi-pref, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/123 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02);
Abstract
An operating situation obtaining unit obtains the operating situation information of a plurality of operating vehicles along a predetermined route. A delayed vehicle extraction unit extracts a delayed vehicle that is delayed in actual operation relative to the operation schedule from among the plurality of operating vehicles, based on the operating situation information of the respective operating vehicles. An overtaking instruction unit outputs an overtaking instruction to overtake the delayed vehicle to a following vehicle that immediately follows the delayed vehicle.