US 11,810,461 B2
Vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch server, and vehicle dispatch method
Hiromitsu Urano, Numazu (JP); and Sho Otaki, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,911.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-153081 (JP), filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084412 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0021 (2020.02); B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0217 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle dispatch system for dispatching an autonomous driving vehicle capable of traveling with remote assistance by a remote operator, the vehicle dispatch system comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
search a route to a point of dispatch based on a predetermined point of dispatch, a position of the autonomous driving vehicle, and map information;
determine whether there is a plurality of routes to the point of dispatch based on the predetermined point of dispatch, the position of the autonomous driving vehicle and the map information;
based upon the determination of the plurality of routes, determine whether a route section is common to more than one of the plurality of routes, wherein the route section extends from a current position of the autonomous driving vehicle to a route branch point, wherein the route branch point is a point at which the more than one of the plurality of routes branch apart from each other;
when the autonomous driving vehicle reaches the route branch point, predict a required time until the autonomous driving vehicle arrives at the point of dispatch by each of the plurality of routes based on the map information;
calculate a remote assistance request number on each of the plurality of routes, which is the number of remote assistance requests of the autonomous driving vehicle to the remote operator for remote assistance, based on the route and a predetermined remote assistance request condition; where the vehicle dispatch instruction includes a vehicle dispatch route to the autonomous driving vehicle, and would
determine a vehicle dispatch route to the point of dispatch where the autonomous driving vehicle travels, based on the required time predicted for each of the plurality of routes and the remote assistance request number calculated for each of the plurality of routes.