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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuki Nakano, Nisshin, JP;
Masato Ura, Nisshin, JP;
Koji Takao, Toyota, JP;
Hideyuki Sakurai, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Hotta, Miyoshi, JP;
Rieko Masutani, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Hanawa, Miyoshi, JP;
Masanobu Ohmi, Kasugai, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Atsushi Nabata, Nagakute, JP;
Tetsuro Sakaguchi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store information about mobile bodies, each of which forms a vehicle by being coupled with a main body unit and is capable of autonomous driving; and a processor configured to transmit a summon command to a first mobile body existing within a predetermined range, the summon command summoning the first mobile body to a predetermined assembly location, and cause a predetermined number of first mobile bodies assembled at the predetermined assembly location to carry one first main body unit that is larger or heavier than a main body unit that can be carried by one first mobile body, and to cause the predetermined number of first mobile bodies to move to a predetermined destination.