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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takahiro Harada, Chiryu, JP;
Teppei Nishiguchi, Nisshin, JP;
Kazuki Komoriya, Toyota, JP;
Tomoaki Ihara, Toyota, JP;
Miyu Higashimura, Toyota, JP;
Toshihiro Nakaichi, Nagoya, JP;
Kazunobu Okasaka, Toyota, JP;
Ryo Hattori, Kariya, JP;
Yohei Tanigawa, Toyota, JP;
Ryohei Kimbara, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function.