US 11,954,625 B2
Vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch method, server, user terminal, and storage medium
Junya Watanabe, Sunto-gun (JP); Yuji Sasaki, Toyota (JP); Seiji Arakawa, Sunto-gun (JP); Naotoshi Kadotani, Sunto-gun (JP); Masafumi Hayakawa, Susono (JP); and Takashi Hayashi, Mishima (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,123.
Application 17/520,123 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,942, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Application 17/518,942 is a continuation of application No. 16/848,164, filed on Apr. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,373,126.
Application 16/848,164 is a continuation of application No. 16/009,387, filed on Jun. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,023,836, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-152620 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058954 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01) [G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle dispatch system comprising a server, and a user device capable of communicating with the server,
the server comprising a storage unit configured to store information regarding autonomous driving of a plurality of registered vehicles and a first processor, the first processor programmed to:
obtain positions of the plurality of registered vehicles;
obtain a vehicle dispatch position from the user device;
determine at least one vehicle among the plurality of registered vehicles based on the vehicle dispatch position and the positions of the plurality of registered vehicles;
transmit information regarding an autonomous driving of the at least one vehicle in association with the at least one vehicle to the user device while referring to the storage unit; and
transmit the vehicle dispatch position to the at least one vehicle, and
the user device comprising a display unit and a second processor, the second processor programmed to:
transmit the vehicle dispatch position to the server;
receive the information regarding the autonomous driving of the at least one vehicle in association with the at least one vehicle from the server;
display the received information regarding the autonomous driving of the at least one vehicle in association with the at least one vehicle, on the display unit; and
wherein the first processor is further programmed to dispatch the at least one vehicle to the vehicle dispatch position, and
wherein the information regarding the autonomous driving of the at least one vehicle includes a driving state indicating whether the at least one vehicle is in the autonomous driving, and occupant information indicating whether the at least one vehicle is manned.