US 12,358,526 B2
Vehicle
Shoji Sakamoto, Shizuoka-ken (JP); Kazumi Tsuchiya, Gotemba (JP); Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya (JP); Takeshi Takemoto, Nagoya (JP); Shunsuke Sagara, Nisshin (JP); and Hideaki Shiraishi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,638.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-206066 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208535 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60S 1/485 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a rainwater storage unit being made of a resin and having a box shape for storing rainwater;
an ejection unit configured to eject, onto a surface of the vehicle, the rainwater stored in the rainwater storage unit; and
a processor configured to
acquire weather information from an artificial satellite, the weather information including position information on locations receiving at least a predetermined precipitation amount within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, and
cause the vehicle to travel to the location closest to the vehicle among the locations.