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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Higashide, Nagoya, JP;
Keiichi Uno, Chita-gun, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60W 50/029 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/029 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G08G 1/127 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, in a case in which a first vehicle that has been operated in accordance with a schedule specifying a point in time at which a circulating vehicle is to be replaced becomes inoperable, whether to operate a second vehicle that substitutes for the first vehicle until a replacement time specified by the schedule, the replacement time being a point in time at which the first vehicle is to be replaced.