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US 12,214,709 · App. 18/053,762 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Vehicle transport planning device, management server, and vehicle transport device

Inventors: Masayuki Itoh (Nagoya, JP); Iwao Maeda (Nagoya, JP); Tatsuya Sugano (Susono, JP); Norinao Watanabe (Susono, JP); Yutaka Nakamura (Susono, JP); Yoshikazu Jikuhara (Susono, JP); Yuki Nishikawa (Susono, JP); Yuta Maniwa (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60P3/07B60W60/0025B60W2510/244B60W2555/00B60W2556/45
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Patent No.
US 12,214,709
App. No.
18/053,762
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle transport planning device includes a transport proposal unit that proposes, to an occupant of a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, transport of the vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and a transport arrangement unit that requests arrangement of a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle when the occupant desires the transport of the vehicle.

Claims (45)

1. A system, comprising:

an engine-equipped vehicle including

an internal combustion engine,

a processor that

proposes, to an occupant of the engine-equipped vehicle, transport of the engine-equipped vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and

in response to the occupant requesting the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle, requests arrangement for transporting the engine-equipped vehicle, and

a human machine interface to communicate with the processor;

an electric vehicle including

a drive motor to drive a drive wheel of the electric vehicle, and

a component to be positioned into a space between a bottom of the engine-equipped vehicle and a road surface, and to lift the engine-equipped vehicle; and

a management server to communicate with the engine-equipped vehicle and the electric vehicle, wherein:

the processor outputs a notification, to the human machine interface, for proposing the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle in the predetermined area, and in response to an acceptance of the notification, transmits a first signal, to the management server, for requesting the arrangement for transporting the engine-equipped vehicle,

the management server, in response to receiving the first signal, transmits a second signal, to the electric vehicle, for a transport instruction, and

the electric vehicle, in response to the second signal from the management server, transports the engine-equipped vehicle.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor determines whether to output the notification based on a travel route of the engine-equipped vehicle, the travel route being preset in the engine-equipped vehicle.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor, in response to a distance from a current position of the engine-equipped vehicle to a boundary of the predetermined area having decreased to a predetermined distance, outputs the notification.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor, in response to the engine-equipped vehicle passing through a predetermined position around the predetermined area, outputs the notification.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the engine-equipped vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a battery; and

the processor determines whether to output the notification based on a state of charge of the battery.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor transmits preference information of the occupant regarding travel of the electric vehicle to the management server, when the processor transmits the first signal for the transport request to the management server.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electric vehicle, in response to the second signal from the management server, autonomously travels for transporting the engine-equipped vehicle.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein

the engine-equipped vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a battery, and

the processor

determines whether a state of charge of the battery is less than a predetermined value, and

in response to determining that the state of charge of the battery being less than the predetermined value, outputs the notification to the human machine interface.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein

the predetermined value increases as the predetermined area increases.

10. The system according to claim 7 , wherein

the processor

determines whether a travel route of the engine-equipped vehicle overlaps the predetermined area, and

in response to determining that the travel route of the engine-equipped vehicle overlaps the predetermined area, outputs the notification.

11. The system according to claim 7 , wherein

the processor

determines whether a distance between a current position of the engine-equipped vehicle and a boundary of the predetermined area is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and

in response to determining that the distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance, outputs the notification.

12. The system according to claim 7 , wherein

the processor causes a display of the human machine interface to display a setting screen for setting of acceleration and deceleration during the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle in a plurality of stages, and

the electric vehicle transports the engine-equipped vehicle such that the acceleration and deceleration during the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle does not reach an upper limit value of the acceleration and deceleration set by the occupant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: ITOH, MASAYUKI; MAEDA, IWAO; SUGANO, TATSUYA; WATANABE, NORINAO; NAKAMURA, YUTAKA; JIKUHARA, YOSHIKAZU; NISHIKAWA, YUKI; MANIWA, YUTA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-003219 · Jan 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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