US 12,462,687 B2
Information processing apparatus, system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Miyoshi (JP); Seii Sai, Yokohama (JP); Ibuki Shimada, Miyoshi (JP); Takahiro Aoki, Saitama (JP); and Keishi Kinoshita, Tokyo-to (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,529.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-104980 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005797 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
acquire information indicating a work shift of a staff member on board a first vehicle in which a medical checkup is being performed, or information indicating a number of remaining pieces of equipment on board the first vehicle;
determine to dispatch a second vehicle with a new staff member on board or new equipment on board to a stopping location of the first vehicle upon determining, based on the acquired information, that the staff member needs to be replaced or the equipment needs to be replenished;
generate a travel plan for the second vehicle to arrive at the stopping location of the first vehicle before an end of the work shift or before a shortage of the equipment; and
transmit information indicating the travel plan to the second vehicle,
wherein the second vehicle automatically travels to the stopping location of the first vehicle based on the information indicating the travel plan.