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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shogo Yasuyama, Okazaki, JP;
Takeshi Kanou, Seto, JP;
Kento Iwahori, Nagoya, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Miyoshi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A system comprises: a remote controller that causes a vehicle to run by remote control, the vehicle being capable of running along a track in a factory during a course of manufacture, the vehicle including a vehicle communication unit and a driving controller, the vehicle communication unit having a communication function, the driving controller implementing driving control over the vehicle; a track information acquisition unit that acquires track information that is information about an environment of a track on which the vehicle is configured to run by the remote control; and a running method determination unit that determines a running method using the acquired track information, the running method including at least one of a possibility or impossibility of running of the vehicle and a running route along which the vehicle is to run.