IP Library Granted Patent US 11,315,414
Granted Patent B2
US 11,315,414 · App. 16/719,239 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Information processing device, vehicle position control system, and vehicle position control method

Inventors: Shinichiro Fujii (Kawasaki, JP); Hiroe Fukui (Toyohashi, JP); Takashi Goto (Okazaki, JP); Tatsuya Shigekiyo (Okazaki, JP); Kuniaki Jinnai (Nagoya, JP); Naoto Sasagawa (Nishio, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/0141G05D1/0027G05D1/0238G05D1/0289G06K9/00362G06K9/00805
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Patent No.
US 11,315,414
App. No.
16/719,239
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform: acquiring a degree of congestion of persons that are located in a predetermined range including a plurality of vehicles which is parked at predetermined positions and is able to travel autonomously; determining a positional relationship between the plurality of vehicles based on the degree of congestion; and transmitting a movement command to a first vehicle which is a vehicle which is requested to move out of the plurality of vehicles such that the determined positional relationship is satisfied.

Claims (20)

1. An information processing device comprising a control unit configured to perform:

acquiring a degree of congestion of persons that are located in a predetermined range, the predetermined range including a plurality of vehicles which is parked at predetermined positions and the plurality of vehicles are able to travel autonomously;

determining a positional relationship between the plurality of vehicles based on the degree of congestion; and

transmitting a movement command to a first vehicle which is a vehicle which is requested to move out of the plurality of vehicles such that the determined positional relationship is satisfied.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to determine the positional relationship such that intervals between the plurality of vehicles increase when the degree of congestion increases and to determine the positional relationship such that the intervals between the plurality of vehicles decrease when the degree of congestion decreases.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to notify of at least movement of the first vehicle using a predetermined alarm unit.

4. A vehicle position control system comprising:

a plurality of vehicles which is parked at predetermined positions in a predetermined range and is able to travel autonomously; and

an information processing device including a control unit configured to perform:

acquiring a degree of congestion of persons that are located in the predetermined range;

determining a positional relationship between the plurality of vehicles based on the degree of congestion; and

transmitting a movement command to a first vehicle which is a vehicle which is requested to move out of the plurality of vehicles such that the determined positional relationship is satisfied.

5. The vehicle position control system according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of vehicles includes an obstacle sensor, and

wherein the control unit is configured to perform:

determining whether there is an obstacle in a moving direction using the obstacle sensor before starting movement in response to the movement command; and

starting movement to a position which is designated by the movement command when it is determined that there is no obstacle in the moving direction.

6. A vehicle position control method comprising:

acquiring a degree of congestion of persons that are located in a predetermined range, the predetermined range including a plurality of vehicles which is parked at predetermined positions and the plurality of vehicles are able to travel autonomously;

determining a positional relationship between the plurality of vehicles based on the degree of congestion; and

transmitting a movement command to a first vehicle which is a vehicle which is requested to move out of the plurality of vehicles such that the determined positional relationship is satisfied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: FUJII, SHINICHIRO; FUKUI, HIROE; GOTO, TAKASHI; SHIGEKIYO, TATSUYA; JINNAI, KUNIAKI; SASAGAWA, NAOTO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-006050 · Jan 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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