US 12,405,608 B2
Vehicle transportation system, vehicle transportation method, and storage medium
Masayuki Itoh, Nagoya (JP); Iwao Maeda, Nagoya (JP); Tatsuya Sugano, Susono (JP); Norinao Watanabe, Susono (JP); Yutaka Nakamura, Susono (JP); Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Susono (JP); and Yuki Nishikawa, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,080.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-082224 (JP), filed on May 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376028 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0022 (2013.01) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle transportation system comprising:
an in-vehicle system mounted on a vehicle; and
a vehicle transporter configured to be able to communicate with the in-vehicle system and transport the vehicle by autonomous travel, wherein the vehicle transporter is configured to:
transmit, to the in-vehicle system, a confirmation signal for confirming presence or absence of a remote operation request when the vehicle is transported; and
permit a remote operation from inside of the vehicle when a request signal for requesting the remote operation is received from the in-vehicle system, wherein
the in-vehicle system includes:
a terminal to which information is able to be input and output;
an antenna for communicating with the vehicle transporter; and
a processor configured to output information for confirming the presence or absence of the remote operation request of the vehicle transporter to the terminal upon receiving the confirmation signal via the antenna.