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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Aoki, Saitama, JP;
Yuta Takata, Toyota, JP;
Haruki Oguri, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Yamazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Tsuyoshi Okada, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroki Asao, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/202 (2013.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); G08G 1/205 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to communicate with vehicles using the communication interface, acquire information on a required charge amount and a position of a vehicle that needs to be charged, and provide instructions that a power supply vehicle that does not have the required charge amount is to travel a route where road surface power supply is available to the position.