US 11,912,220 B2
Vehicle and passenger transportation system
Katsuhiro Sakai, Hadano (JP); Makoto Kawaharada, Shizuoka-ken (JP); Akihide Tachibana, Susono (JP); and Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Hadano (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,825.
Application 18/081,825 is a continuation of application No. 16/599,390, filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-224119 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121464 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/015 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B62D 31/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/01538 (2014.10) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B60R 2021/003 (2013.01); B62D 31/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle which is configured to transport at least one passenger through autonomous travel, the vehicle comprising:
an in-vehicle camera configured to image the at least one passenger to generate an image;
a camera controller configured to control the in-vehicle camera; and
an electronic control unit configured to detect information about the at least one passenger, wherein:
the electronic control unit measures a number of users who have issued a vehicle allocation request among the at least one passenger; and
the camera controller stops an operation of the in-vehicle camera in a case where the number of users who have issued the vehicle allocation request is one and a user who has issued the vehicle allocation request approves stoppage of the operation of the in-vehicle camera.