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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tadashi Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;

Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04L 51/07 (2022.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H04L 51/07 (2022.05); H04L 51/222 (2022.05); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01);
Abstract

The purpose of the present disclosure is to achieve smooth rendezvous of a vehicle and a user even if there are numerous persons at a meeting point. A rendezvous assistance system includes a mobile terminal carried by a user who wants to rendezvous with a dispatched vehicle, and a rendezvous assistance device that assists rendezvous of the dispatched vehicle and the user at a meeting point. The rendezvous assistance device includes a message generator that generates a message that requests the user to do a gesture, a vehicle controller that determines timing of transmission of the message, and a vehicle communicator that transmits a message to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a mobile communicator that receives a message from the rendezvous assistance device and a notification unit that notifies the user of a request to do a gesture in accordance with the message.


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