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公开(公告)号:US20220315060A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17658170
申请日:2022-04-06
Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Makoto KAKUCHI , Osamu IZUMIDA , Shunji INOUE , Takumi HAMAJIMA , Mitsushi KINTAKA , Toshihiro ANDOU , Masamitsu TAKAHIRA
Abstract: A taxi system includes: a plurality of taxi vehicles that each transport a user to a destination by automatic driving; and a management center, in which the management center, when a prescribed protection condition is satisfied, instructs one or more unmanned taxi vehicles to execute the protection traveling that is traveling while protecting a manned taxi group including one or more manned taxi vehicles, and the unmanned taxi vehicle, when having received an execution instruction of the protection traveling, protects the manned taxi group by traveling adjacently to the manned taxi group in a front-rear direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20220358497A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
申请号:US17662754
申请日:2022-05-10
Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Makoto KAKUCHI , Osamu IZUMIDA , Shunji INOUE , Takumi HAMAJIMA , Mitsushi KINTAKA , Toshihiro ANDOU , Masamitsu TAKAHIRA
Abstract: A taxi system includes: a plurality of unmanned taxi vehicles; a medium reader that is mounted on the unmanned taxi vehicle, and outputs a result obtained by reading a certificate medium presented by the occupant, as read data; and a system controller that acquires, by analyzing the read data, ticket information including at least one of a destination and payment information, and executes, based on the acquired ticket information, at least one of setting of the destination of the unmanned taxi vehicle and execution of a payment, in which the certificate medium is a medium issued to the occupant in order to authenticate the occupant in a situation other than taxi use.
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公开(公告)号:US20220335833A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17659358
申请日:2022-04-15
Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Makoto KAKUCHI , Osamu IZUMIDA , Shunji INOUE , Takumi HAMAJIMA , Mitsushi KINTAKA , Toshihiro ANDOU , Masamitsu TAKAHIRA
Abstract: A taxicab system includes a plurality of taxicab vehicles which are all autonomous vehicles, and a management device. Each taxicab vehicle can form a vehicle group with other taxicab vehicles according to an instruction from a customer or the management device. The vehicle group includes one representative vehicle and at least one subordinate vehicle. The representative vehicle and the subordinate vehicle execute at least one of a collective billing process for charging a representative customer a fare for each of the plurality of vehicles, and a collective setting process for setting a place designated by the representative customer as a destination of each of the vehicles.
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公开(公告)号:US20220265881A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
申请号:US17649624
申请日:2022-02-01
Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Makoto KAKUCHI , Osamu IZUMIDA , Shunji INOUE , Takumi HAMAJIMA , Mitsushi KINTAKA , Toshihiro ANDOU , Masamitsu TAKAHIRA
Abstract: A taxi vehicle that autonomously transports a user to a destination with no driver in the vehicle includes a cleaning device and a notification device. The cleaning device is configured to perform cleaning processing for removing at least one of harmful materials and odors from a vehicle cabin after the user has finished using the taxi vehicle. The harmful materials are those harmful to a human body. The notification device is configured to notify a person of the cleaning degree of the vehicle cabin. The person is a person outside the vehicle who wishes to use the vehicle.
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