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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/127 (2006.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/127 (2013.01); B60K 31/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control method for controlling a plurality of vehicles automatically traveling to follow an operation schedule includes judging, by a server, whether a first vehicle is delayed relative to the operation schedule, judging, by the server, whether passing of the first vehicle by a second vehicle has occurred when the first vehicle is judged to be delayed relative to the operation schedule, and setting, by the server, a limit on a vehicle speed of the first vehicle when the passing is judged to have occurred.