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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2025
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An automatic travel management device is configured to manage automatic travel of a vehicle in a designated area. The automatic travel management device includes a communication device and one or more processors. The communication device is configured to communicate with each of the vehicle and a recognition sensor. The recognition sensor is installed in the designated area and configured to recognize a situation in the designated area. The one or more processors are configured to: when the vehicle is automatically traveling while a headlight of the vehicle is turned on, detect a first person present in an illumination range of the headlight based on person recognition information from the recognition sensor; and, in response to detection of the first person, execute a light amount reduction process of transmitting, to the vehicle, an instruction to reduce light amount of the headlight.