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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Yu Nagata, Chofu, JP;
Toshihiro Nakamura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01);
Abstract
When a control unit assigns, to each of multiple routes, any of multiple vehicles that is able to travel with a drive source of at least one of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, categories of the vehicles being different from each other, the control unit determines, based on a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the electric motor and a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the internal combustion engine, combinations of the vehicles and the routes.