# US 11,993,205 B2 · Remote driving taxi system, remote driving taxi control method, and remote driving taxi management device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,205 B2 - Document ID: US11993205B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/805,874 - Filed: 2022-06-08 - Published: 2023-01-26 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-21 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Toru Nishitani; Rio Suda; Hiroshi Yonenaga; Hidekazu Sasaki; Tatsushi Takenaka; Shun Ota; Akihiro Kusumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993205B2 ## CPC - B60Q 1/543: {for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle (indicating taxis' state of hire or fare G07B13/045)} - G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching} - B60W 60/00253: {Taxi operations} - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A remote driving taxi system provides a mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers. Each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available. Management information includes use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers. The remote driving taxi system puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information. Further, the remote driving taxi system puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A remote driving taxi system that provides a mobility service, the mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers, the remote driving taxi system comprising: a single or a plurality of processors; and a single or a plurality of storage devices configured to store management information including use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers, wherein: each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available; and the single or the plurality of processors puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information, and puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The remote driving taxi system according to claim 1, wherein the single or the plurality of processors further recognizes unassigned taxis and unassigned drivers based on the management information, each of the unassigned taxis being the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has not been assigned, each of the unassigned drivers being the remote driver that has not been assigned to the remote driving taxi, selects the unassigned taxi for which the display lamp is put on, depending on the number of the unassigned drivers, and puts on the display lamp of the selected unassigned taxi. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The remote driving taxi system according to claim 2, wherein the single or the plurality of processors selects the unassigned taxis to a number equal to or smaller than the number of the unassigned drivers, and puts on the display lamps of the unassigned taxis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The remote driving taxi system according to claim 1, wherein the single or the plurality of processors further acquires a waiting list of unassigned taxis from the management information, each of the unassigned taxis being the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has not been assigned, selects the unassigned taxis from a top to a predetermined order in the waiting list, and puts on the display lamps of the selected unassigned taxis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The remote driving taxi system according to claim 1, wherein the single or the plurality of processors further recognizes unassigned taxis based on the management information, each of the unassigned taxis being the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has not been assigned, and puts off the display lamps of the unassigned taxis. ### Claim 6 A remote driving taxi control method for controlling remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers, each of the remote driving taxis including a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available, the remote driving taxi control method comprising: a process of acquiring management information including use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers; a process of putting on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information; and a process of putting off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The remote driving taxi control method according to claim 6, further comprising: a process of recognizing unassigned taxis and unassigned drivers based on the management information, each of the unassigned taxis being the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has not been assigned, each of the unassigned drivers being the remote driver that has not been assigned to the remote driving taxi; a process of selecting the unassigned taxi for which the display lamp is put on, depending on the number of the unassigned drivers; and a process of putting on the display lamp of the selected unassigned taxi. ### Claim 8 A remote driving taxi management device that manages remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers, the remote driving taxi management device comprising: a single or a plurality of processors; and a single or a plurality of storage devices configured to store management information including use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers, wherein: each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available; and the single or the plurality of processors gives an instruction to put on the display lamp, to the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information, and gives an instruction to put off the display lamp, to the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information.