US 12,214,709 B2
Vehicle transport planning device, management server, and vehicle transport device
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); and Yuta Maniwa, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,762.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-003219 (JP), filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219480 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60P 3/07 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60P 3/07 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.