Granted Patent B2

US 12,403,937 · App. 18/356,867 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Toshiki Kashiwakura (Ota-ku, JP); Ai Miyata (Sakai, JP); Kotaro Hirose (Nisshin, JP); Sho Minagawa (Nisshin, JP); Yuki Uchida (Iwakura, JP); Tsuyoshi Okada (Nagoya, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B60W60/0025B60W50/0097B60W60/0021G01C21/343B60W2554/4041

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility,

wherein the controller is configured to:

generate a transportation schedule to cause the vehicle to transport one or more components to be used in the facility and a tour schedule to allow a user touring the facility to be on board the vehicle;

run the vehicle based on the transportation schedule and the tour schedule;

receive, from the vehicle, a result of an inspection of the one or more components while the vehicle is travelling; and

arrange for transportation of additional components based on a quantity of failed components indicated by the result of the inspection.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to extract a vehicle available for boarding the user based on the transportation schedule, to generate the tour schedule.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to extract a vehicle available for transporting the one or more components based on the tour schedule, to generate the transportation schedule.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to:

extract, as a tour idle time period, a free time in which there is no scheduled tour using the vehicle; and

assign the vehicle to a transportation use in the tour idle time period.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to run the vehicle based on a position of a mobile object configured to transport the one or more components from the vehicle to a transportation destination.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to run the vehicle so that a travel distance of the mobile object is reduced.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to run the vehicle so that a sum of travel distances of a plurality of mobile objects is reduced.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to set a transportation destination of the one or more components to a transportation source from which a used component is collected and transported.

9. An information processing system comprising:

the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a vehicle whose operation is managed by the information processing apparatus.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9 , further comprising a mobile object configured to transport the one or more components from the vehicle to a transportation destination.

11. An information processing method configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility, the information processing method comprising:

generating a transportation schedule to cause the vehicle to transport one or more components to be used in the facility and a tour schedule to allow a user touring the facility to be on board the vehicle;

running the vehicle based on the transportation schedule and the tour schedule

receiving, from the vehicle, a result of an inspection of the one or more components while the vehicle is travelling; and

arranging for transportation of additional components based on a quantity of failed components indicated by the result of the inspection.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising running the vehicle based on a position of a mobile object configured to transport the one or more components from the vehicle to a transportation destination.

13. The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

extracting, as a tour idle time period, a free time in which there is no scheduled tour using the vehicle; and

assigning the vehicle to a transportation use in the tour idle time period.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

estimate a quantity of the components to be transported to or collected from the facility, based on information acquired from a camera or a sensor installed in the facility;

generate a transportation request based on the quantity of the components that was estimated; and

generate the transportation schedule based on the transportation request.

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