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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2019
Ride-sharing assistance system, ride-sharing assistance apparatus and ride-sharing assistance method
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yushi Seki, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Ryoko Hashimoto, Fuji, JP;
Katsuya Terahata, Susono, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Gotemba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A ride-sharing assistance system includes a plurality of terminals and a ride-sharing assistance apparatus capable of communicating with each of the plurality of terminals. The ride-sharing assistance apparatus sends, when the number of inquiry signals received from at least two terminals of the plurality of terminals for requesting inquiry about a parking space available at a same destination is greater than a vacancy reference value in accordance with the number of available parking spaces within a certain range from the destination, a suggestion signal for suggesting ride-sharing on a vehicle owned by any one of users of the at least two terminals, from which the inquiry signal has been sent, to each of the at least two terminals from which the inquiry signal has been sent.