Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accompanying vehicle selection system
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Application No.: US16530142Application Date: 2019-08-02
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Publication No.: US11294395B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Yoshinori Yamada , Masaki Ito , Shotaro Inoue , Akihiro Muguruma , Michio Ikeda
- Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-164009 20180831
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B60R15/04 ; B60P3/32

Abstract:
An accompanying vehicle selection system includes: a first vehicle that is provided with a driver's seat; a plurality of second vehicles that have different functions from the first vehicle, and that are configured to travel in accompaniment with the first vehicle; and a control unit that is provided in the first vehicle, and that determines, based on input information, which vehicle from among the plurality of second vehicles is to travel in accompaniment with the first vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200073406A1 ACCOMPANYING VEHICLE SELECTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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