Vehicle controlling device and computer readable recording medium

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a program that causes an information processor to implement a method, the method comprising:

• obtaining first estimation information of luggage being carried by a user of a target vehicle, wherein the target vehicle is stopped in a pick-up area where vehicles are allowed to stop and wait for respective users to board therein, and wherein the user carrying the luggage approaches the target vehicle stopped in the pick-up area;
• determining whether the user of the target vehicle is carrying a piece of luggage having a size equal to or greater than a predetermined size based on the obtained first estimation information;
• obtaining second estimation information statuses of other vehicles stopped around the target vehicle;
• determining, based on the obtained second estimation information, that 1) the other vehicles include i) a front vehicle stopped adjacent to and in front of the target vehicle and ii) a back vehicle stopped adjacent to and behind the target vehicle such that the front vehicle and the back vehicle sandwiches the target vehicle in a front-back direction, 2) an inter-vehicle distance between the front vehicle and the back vehicle, and 3) a rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle;
• comparing the inter-vehicle distance between the front vehicle and the back vehicle to a first predetermined distance;
• comparing the rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle to a second predetermined distance, wherein the first predetermined distance is set to be equal to or greater than a sum of a length of the target vehicle and the second predetermined distance;
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• in response to determining that i) the user of the target vehicle is carrying the piece of luggage having the size equal to or greater than the predetermined size, ii) the inter-vehicle distance between the front vehicle and the back vehicle is less than the first predetermined, and iii) the rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle is less than a second predetermined distance, causing the back vehicle to move such that the rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle becomes equal to or greater than the second predetermined distance.

A vehicle controller comprising circuitry configured to:

• obtain first estimation information of luggage being carried by a user of a target vehicle, wherein the target vehicle is stopped in a pick-up area where vehicles are allowed to stop and wait for respective users to board therein, and wherein the user carrying the luggage approaches the target vehicle stopped in the pick-up area;
• determine whether the user of the target vehicle is carrying a piece of luggage having a size equal to or greater than a predetermined size based on the obtained first estimation information;
• obtain second estimation information including statuses of other vehicles stopped around the target vehicle;
• determine, based on the obtained second estimation information, that 1) the other vehicles include i) a front vehicle stopped adjacent to and in front of the target vehicle and ii) a back vehicle stopped adjacent to and behind the target vehicle such that the front vehicle and the back vehicle sandwiches the target vehicle in a front-back direction, 2) a forward distance between the target vehicle and the front vehicle, 3) a rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle, and 4) a sum of the forward distance and the rearward distance;
• compare the sum of the forward distance and the rearward distance to a first predetermined distance;
• compare the rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle to a second predetermined distance, wherein the first predetermined distance is set to be equal to or greater than the second predetermined distance;
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• in response to determining that i) the user of the target vehicle is carrying the piece of luggage having the size equal to or greater than the predetermined size, ii) the sum of the forward distance and the rearward distance is less than the first predetermined distance, and iii) the rearward distance id less than the second predetermined distance, cause the back vehicle to move such that the rearward distance between the target vehicle and the back vehicle becomes equal to or greater than the second predetermined distance.