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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Marie Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Aya Hamajima, Nagoya, JP;
Daichi Hotta, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Ito, Susono, JP;
Hidekazu Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Kobatake, Nagoya, JP;
Akihiro Kusumoto, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An information collection system includes a plurality of vehicles and a server. The server is configured to, when an event occurrence notification notifying that a specific event has occurred at least together with an event occurrence location is received, select at least one vehicle to move toward the event occurrence location from among the vehicles as an information collection vehicle, and transmit an information collection instruction notification to the information collection vehicle. The vehicles are configured to, when the information collection instruction notification is received, move toward the event occurrence location and collect images captured by a camera while the vehicles are moving as event-related information that is information related to the event.