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US 11,600,183 B2Granted
Dispatch device and dispatching method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Uehara, Nobuhide Kamata, Nozomu Hatta, Shunsuke Tanimori
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Abstract
A dispatch device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires, for each of a plurality of vehicles, location information indicating a location of the vehicle and loaded object information indicating a status of an object of transportation loaded on the vehicle and a vehicle dispatching unit that dispatches an unfilled vehicle that can carry an object of transportation so that a predetermined number or higher number of unfilled vehicles, are present around an operating vehicle that is carrying an object of transportation.
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A dispatch device comprising:
- a communication interface circuit, and
- a processor configured to:
- acquire via the communication interface circuit, for each of a plurality of vehicles, location information indicating a location of the vehicle and loaded object information indicating a status of an object of transportation loaded on the vehicle,
- compare a current location of an operating vehicle with current locations of unfilled vehicles;
- compare a current traveling direction of the operating vehicle with current traveling directions of the unfilled vehicles;
- select an unfilled vehicle among the unfilled vehicles traveling based on comparison of the current location of the operating vehicle with the current locations of the unfilled vehicles and comparison of the current traveling direction of the operating vehicle with the current traveling directions of the unfilled vehicles, and
- dispatch the selected unfilled vehicle that can carry an object of transportation so that the selected unfilled vehicle is present around a location of the operating vehicle that is carrying an object of transportation,
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- determine whether an amount of time required for each of the plurality of vehicles to move to an area within a distance equal to or less than a distance threshold value from the location of the operating vehicle is greater than a travel time threshold, and
- in response to determining that the amount of time required for each of the plurality of vehicles to move to the area within the distance equal to or less than the distance threshold value from the location of the operating vehicle is greater than the travel time threshold, modify a travel route of at least one of the unfilled vehicles, so that the at least one of the unfilled vehicles travels through a location for which a travel time from the location of the operating vehicle is equal to or less than the travel time threshold value.
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A dispatching method for dispatching a vehicle using a dispatch device, comprising:
- acquiring, by the dispatch device, for each of a plurality of vehicles, location information indicating a location of the vehicle and loaded object information indicating a status of an object of transportation loaded on the vehicle,
- comparing a current location of an operating vehicle with current locations of unfilled vehicles;
- comparing a current traveling direction of the operating vehicle with current traveling directions of the unfilled vehicles;
- selecting an unfilled vehicle among unfilled vehicles traveling in a same direction as an operating vehicle traveling along a road based on the comparison of the current location of the operating vehicle with the current locations of the unfilled vehicles and the comparison of the current traveling direction of the operating vehicle with the current traveling directions of the unfilled vehicles, and
- dispatching, by the dispatch device, the selected unfilled vehicle that can carry an object of transportation so that the selected unfilled vehicle is present around a location of the operating vehicle that is carrying an object of transportation
- wherein the method further comprises:
- determining whether an amount of time required for each of the plurality of vehicles to move to an area within a distance equal to or less than a distance threshold value from the location of the operating vehicle is greater than a travel time threshold, and
- in response to determining that the amount of time required for each of the plurality of vehicles to move to the area within the distance equal to or less than the distance threshold value from the location of the operating vehicle is greater than the travel time threshold, modifying a travel route of at least one of the unfilled vehicles, so that the at least one of the unfilled vehicles travels through a location for which a travel time from the location of the operating vehicle is equal to or less than the travel time threshold value.
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