US 12,291,113 B2
Vehicle allocation apparatus and vehicle allocation method
Takahiro Hirano, Gotemba (JP); Shogo Tsuge, Fuji (JP); Ryosuke Ikemura, Susono (JP); Yohei Arino, Nagoya (JP); Masaki Ito, Toyota (JP); and Yuki Takahashi, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,368.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-133371 (JP), filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055398 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/126 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/126 (2019.02) [B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle allocation system, comprising:
a vehicle allocation apparatus;
a plurality of vehicles on standby; and
a terminal;
the vehicle allocation apparatus being configured to select a vehicle to be dispatched from among the plurality of vehicles on standby, the vehicle allocation apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory in which a program executable by the processor is stored, wherein
each of the plurality of vehicles includes
a power reception apparatus configured to receive electric power from any one of a plurality of power transmission apparatuses,
a battery for traveling that is charged with electric power received by the power reception apparatus, and
a motor generator configured to receive electric power from the battery and provide rotational force to a drive wheel of the vehicle,
each of the plurality of power transmission apparatuses includes
a contact power transmission apparatus configured to transmit electric power through a charging cable, and
a wireless power transmission apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit electric power,
the power reception apparatus includes at least one of a contact power reception apparatus that receives electric power from the contact power transmission apparatus and a wireless power reception apparatus that receives electric power from the wireless power transmission apparatus, and
the processor is configured to:
obtain power reception information including information on a power reception form of the power reception apparatus of each of the plurality of vehicles,
obtain power transmission information including information on a power transmission form of a power transmission apparatus of the plurality of power transmission apparatuses available on each of a plurality of travel paths through which each of the plurality of vehicles can travel,
when a user makes a vehicle dispatch request, select a travel path from among the plurality of travel paths,
select as the vehicle to be dispatched from among the plurality of vehicles, such that the power reception form of the power reception apparatus of the vehicle to be dispatched matches with the power transmission form of the power transmission apparatus available on the selected travel path, and
control supply of power to the motor generator to provide rotational force to the drive wheel of the vehicle, wherein
the travel path is a path to a location where the user gets in the dispatched vehicle.