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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Takeyama, Nagoya, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Nisshin, JP;
Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Bryce H. Morisako, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0264 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0266 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a communication interface configured to transmit, to at least one bidding apparatus, range data indicating a geographical range through which at least one vehicle travels, and receive, from the at least one bidding apparatus, bidding data for bidding on an advertising slot associated with the geographical range indicated by the range data, and a controller configured to determine a bidder to whom the advertising slot is to be sold based on the bidding data received by the communication interface.