US 12,482,356 B2
Transport management device, transport management method, and transport system
Takafumi Fujita, Tokyo (JP); Masaki Uchida, Tokyo (JP); Ryo Kuranishi, Tokyo (JP); and Takatoshi Hida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/593,869
Filed by ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012881
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/203439, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-068868 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189303 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/127 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01)
CPC G08G 1/127 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3423 (2013.01); G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transportation management apparatus comprising a processor, wherein a road vehicle travels on a first section from point A to point B driven by a first driver, a second section from the point B to point C driven autonomously, and a third section from the point C to point D driven by a second driver,
the processor is configured to:
obtain an estimated arrival time of the road vehicle at the point C;
obtain a prediction of traffic congestion which may occur on the second section between the point B and the point C;
plan a departure time of the point B based on the prediction of traffic congestion and the estimated arrival time;
plan a departure time of the point A based on the departure time of the point B;
plan a departure time of the point C and an arrival time at the point D based on the estimated arrival time at the point C;
estimate an arrival time of the vehicle at the point B;
obtain an estimated arrival time of another road vehicle at the point B; and
designate a same driver as the first driver who drives the vehicle from the point A to the point B and the second driver who drives the other vehicle from the point B to the point A if the difference between the estimated arrival time of the vehicle at the point B and the other estimated arrival time of the other vehicle at the point B is within a predetermined time.