公开(公告)号：US20200182638A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16595910

申请日：2019-10-08

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Koichi SUZUKI ,  Ryo KANDA ,  Daiki KUBO ,  Koichiro MITSUMAKI ,  Miku ANDO ,  Shunji TATEISHI ,  Yoshitaka MASUDA

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q50/30

Abstract: An operation support device includes a control unit configured to output operation support information regarding an operation vehicle that operates along an operation route passing through prescribed boarding-dropping points to board or drop a passenger at the prescribed boarding-dropping points. The control unit is configured to detect person information from an in-vehicle camera image by a photographing vehicle. The control unit is configured to detect a potential passenger at the prescribed boarding-dropping points based on the person information. The control unit is configured to output the operation support information based on a detection result of the potential passenger.