US 12,093,035 B2
Management device, management method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Daichi Hotta, Tokyo-to (JP); Yusuke Hayashi, Susono (JP); and Taichi Kawanai, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,413.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-196804 (JP), filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176570 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0027 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management device that manages remote support for a vehicle,
the management device comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute an operator assignment process that assigns a remote operator to a target vehicle in response to a support request from the target vehicle;
one or more memory devices configured to store vehicle information including a position and a travel plan of the target vehicle, wherein
when receiving a plurality of support requests in a same period respectively from a plurality of target vehicles scheduled to pass through a predetermined area, the one or more processors are configured to:
recognize, based on the vehicle information, an entry direction into the predetermined area and an exit direction from the predetermined area for each of the plurality of target vehicles; and
determine, based on a combination of the entry direction and the exit direction, whether to assign a same remote operator to the plurality of target vehicles or assign different remote operators to the plurality of target vehicles.