US 12,122,394 B2
Information collection system
Ayano Kobayashi, Nagoya (JP); and Yasuhide Kurimoto, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,616.
Application 18/375,616 is a continuation of application No. 17/590,158, filed on Feb. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,814,028.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-027352 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025419 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0809 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information collection method for collecting vehicle state information on each of a plurality of vehicles, comprising:
transmitting identification information and the vehicle state information by a first transmitter, the identification information being information based on which a target vehicle is specified from among the vehicles;
transmitting disclosure position information and the identification information by a second transmitter, the disclosure position information being set as position information on the target vehicle based on alternative position information and disclosure information, the alternative position information indicating a position of the target vehicle in an alternative manner, the disclosure information indicating a disclosure range to disclose the alternative position information;
acquiring the identification information, the vehicle state information, and the disclosure position information; and
associating the vehicle state information with the disclosure position information based on the identification information.