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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
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);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
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.