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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yusuke Kaneko, Toyota, JP;
Junya Masui, Nagoya, JP;
Yui Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Ai Fujimura, Nisshin, JP;
Keisuke Tsujimoto, Toyota, JP;
Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Hadano, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus comprising a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform: acquiring a request that a first vehicle join up with a different vehicle; determining, on the basis of a piece of route information indicating a travel route for the first vehicle and current locations of a plurality of vehicles different from the first vehicle, a joining cost related to joining up with the first vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles; determining a second vehicle that is to join up with the first vehicle and a joining point such that the joining cost satisfies a prescribed condition.