Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle control apparatus, driving support apparatus, and control apparatus of infrastructure
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Application No.: US16579996Application Date: 2019-09-24
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Publication No.: US11338809B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Takaaki Tokura , Katsumi Kono
- 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: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-197726 20181019
- Main IPC: B60W30/18
- IPC: B60W30/18 ; G07C5/00 ; B60W50/00

Abstract:
A vehicle control apparatus includes: a transmission unit transmitting information to a control apparatus of an infrastructure in a non-contact manner, the information being on a vehicle driven by power supplied from a battery, which is rechargeable and is supplied with energy from the infrastructure of an outside in a non-contact manner; and a control unit acquiring information on a platoon of the vehicle from the outside by communication and causing the vehicle to travel according to the information on the platoon of the vehicle acquired.
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