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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Chikage Kubo, Chofu, JP;
Yusuke Kobayashi, Ota-ku, JP;
Minoru Kubota, Toyota, JP;
Kentaro Takahashi, Toyota, JP;
Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Horiguchi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06Q 10/109 (2023.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/109 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire time slot data indicating a reserved time slot at a place that provides a service, and positional data indicating a position of a user who has reserved the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and determine whether to take the user to the place using a vehicle according to a remaining time until the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and the position indicated by the positional data.