# US 12,214,709 B2 · Vehicle transport planning device, management server, and vehicle transport device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,709 B2 - Document ID: US12214709B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/053,762 - Filed: 2022-11-09 - Published: 2023-07-13 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-12 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masayuki Itoh; Iwao Maeda; Tatsuya Sugano; Norinao Watanabe; Yutaka Nakamura; Yoshikazu Jikuhara; Yuki Nishikawa; Yuta Maniwa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214709B2 ## CPC - B60P 3/07: for carrying road vehicles - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - B60W 60/0025: {specially adapted for specific operations} - G06Q 10/0631: Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations - G06Q 30/01: Customer relationship services - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - B60W 2510/244: Charge state - B60W 2555/00: Input parameters relating to exterior conditions, not covered by groups B60W2552/00, B60W2554/00 - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - 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 - 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 - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle transport planning device includes a transport proposal unit that proposes, to an occupant of a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, transport of the vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and a transport arrangement unit that requests arrangement of a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle when the occupant desires the transport of the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: an engine-equipped vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a processor that proposes, to an occupant of the engine-equipped vehicle, transport of the engine-equipped vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and in response to the occupant requesting the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle, requests arrangement for transporting the engine-equipped vehicle, and a human machine interface to communicate with the processor; an electric vehicle including a drive motor to drive a drive wheel of the electric vehicle, and a component to be positioned into a space between a bottom of the engine-equipped vehicle and a road surface, and to lift the engine-equipped vehicle; and a management server to communicate with the engine-equipped vehicle and the electric vehicle, wherein: the processor outputs a notification, to the human machine interface, for proposing the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle in the predetermined area, and in response to an acceptance of the notification, transmits a first signal, to the management server, for requesting the arrangement for transporting the engine-equipped vehicle, the management server, in response to receiving the first signal, transmits a second signal, to the electric vehicle, for a transport instruction, and the electric vehicle, in response to the second signal from the management server, transports the engine-equipped vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the processor determines whether to output the notification based on a travel route of the engine-equipped vehicle, the travel route being preset in the engine-equipped vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the processor, in response to a distance from a current position of the engine-equipped vehicle to a boundary of the predetermined area having decreased to a predetermined distance, outputs the notification. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the processor, in response to the engine-equipped vehicle passing through a predetermined position around the predetermined area, outputs the notification. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein: the engine-equipped vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a battery; and the processor determines whether to output the notification based on a state of charge of the battery. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the processor transmits preference information of the occupant regarding travel of the electric vehicle to the management server, when the processor transmits the first signal for the transport request to the management server. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle, in response to the second signal from the management server, autonomously travels for transporting the engine-equipped vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the engine-equipped vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a battery, and the processor determines whether a state of charge of the battery is less than a predetermined value, and in response to determining that the state of charge of the battery being less than the predetermined value, outputs the notification to the human machine interface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined value increases as the predetermined area increases. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the processor determines whether a travel route of the engine-equipped vehicle overlaps the predetermined area, and in response to determining that the travel route of the engine-equipped vehicle overlaps the predetermined area, outputs the notification. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the processor determines whether a distance between a current position of the engine-equipped vehicle and a boundary of the predetermined area is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and in response to determining that the distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance, outputs the notification. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the processor causes a display of the human machine interface to display a setting screen for setting of acceleration and deceleration during the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle in a plurality of stages, and the electric vehicle transports the engine-equipped vehicle such that the acceleration and deceleration during the transport of the engine-equipped vehicle does not reach an upper limit value of the acceleration and deceleration set by the occupant.