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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Roger Kyle, Nagoya, JP;

Yuta Kodama, Toyota, JP;

Corentin Marie C. Mossoux, Toyota, JP;

Shunsuke Tanimori, Nagoya, JP;

Rio Minagawa, Nagoya, JP;

Dany Benjamin, Rowlett, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/36 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/36 (2013.01); B65G 15/30 (2013.01); B65G 47/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus is a control apparatus that is communicably connected to a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the control apparatus including a controller configured to: identify the first vehicle as a transfer destination for a luggage item stored in the second vehicle; read a targeted relative relationship between the second vehicle and the first vehicle; control the second vehicle based on the targeted relative relationship; and when a difference between the targeted relative relationship and an actual relative relationship is within an allowable range, convey the luggage item from the second vehicle to the first vehicle using a conveyer of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.


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