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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Kodera, Susono, JP;
Yoichiro Isami, Mishima, JP;
Kotoru Sato, Susono, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Naohiro Seo, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A data collection device collects data in a predetermined target area by using a plurality of mobile bodies that is able to move within the target area and acquire data. The data collection device includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires area information regarding the target area; and a mobile body management unit that changes a collection location of the data based on the area information and that dispatches at least one mobile body among the mobile bodies to a specific location in the target area associated with the area information.