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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Akihide Tachibana, Susono, JP;
Katsuhiro Sakai, Hadano, JP;
Makoto Kawaharada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Hadano, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal of a first user, a storage unit configured to store an end-of-use position and an expected end-of-use time at which a second user of a vehicle ends use of the vehicle for each of a plurality of vehicles subjected to autonomous driving control and occupied by the second user, and a vehicle selection unit configured to acquire a boarding position and a boarding time at which the first user wants to get on a vehicle from the terminal via the communication unit and select at least one vehicle, of which the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time are in a predetermined relationship with the boarding position and the boarding time, from among the plurality of vehicles while referring to the storage unit.