US 11,993,205 B2
Remote driving taxi system, remote driving taxi control method, and remote driving taxi management device
Toru Nishitani, Nisshin (JP); Rio Suda, Numazu (JP); Hiroshi Yonenaga, Shinagawa-ku (JP); Hidekazu Sasaki, Yokohama (JP); Tatsushi Takenaka, Toyota (JP); Shun Ota, Susono (JP); and Akihiro Kusumoto, Susono (JP)
Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,874.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-120678 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023013 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/543 (2022.05) [B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote driving taxi system that provides a mobility service, the mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers,
the remote driving taxi system comprising:
a single or a plurality of processors; and
a single or a plurality of storage devices configured to store management information including use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers, wherein:
each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available; and
the single or the plurality of processors
puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information, and
puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information.