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Patent No.:

US 11623663 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2020

Transport service method, vehicle platooning method, vehicle group navigation system, self-driving vehicle capable of platooning, and grouped vehicle guidance device

Applicant:

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Megumi Kobayashi, Kodaira, JP;

Yasuto Hatafuku, Kawasaki, JP;

Masahiro Samejima, Minato, JP;

Hideki Kubo, Fuchu, JP;

Motokazu Iwasaki, Chiba, JP;

Yoko Ikeda, Bunkyo, JP;

Shinsuke Iuchi, Yokohama, JP;

Kiyoshi Takemoto, Setagaya, JP;

Keishi Higashi, Hino, JP;

Kaori Kitami, Kunitachi, JP;

Masaharu Doi, Minato, JP;

Tatsuki Shiraishi, Tama, JP;

Keiji Ogata, Minato, JP;

Yoshiki Yamaoka, Fuchu, JP;

Masaru Watabiki, Yokohama, JP;

Takeshi Nagai, Tokorozawa, JP;

Masao Uozumi, Kawasaki, JP;

Masatomo Saito, Kawasaki, JP;

Michiyo Sato, Yokohama, JP;

Masanori Takahashi, Minato, JP;

Assignee:

TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:

Maier & Maier, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Nadeem Odeh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0018 (2020.02); B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 2300/12 (2013.01); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a transport service method comprises organizing a vehicle group of a plurality of self-driving vehicles in which a parameter value inherent to vehicles falls within a predetermined range, and controlling cooperative travel of the self-driving vehicles in the vehicle group to perform transport service of baggage, persons, animals, and the like.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kobayashi, Megumi. (2023). Transport service method, vehicle platooning method, vehicle group navigation system, self-driving vehicle capable of platooning, and grouped vehicle guidance device (U.S. Patent No. 11623663). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11623663

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