US Patent Application 18191215. FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD AND NON TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM simplified abstract

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FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD AND NON TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Takahiro Matsunaga of Mishima-shi (JP)

FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD AND NON TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18191215 titled 'FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD AND NON TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a device that supports follow-up travel for vehicles.

  • The device uses a processor to gather information about nearby vehicles and select a suitable preceding vehicle for the host vehicle to follow.
  • It proposes the idea of follow-up travel to the occupant of the host vehicle.
  • If the follow-up travel is not initiated despite the proposal, the device stops suggesting it.


Original Abstract Submitted

The follow-up travel support device includes a processor configured to acquire information about surrounding vehicles around a host vehicle, select a preceding vehicle suitable as a follow-up target of the host vehicle based on the information about the surrounding vehicles, and propose to an occupant of the host vehicle a follow-up travel to the preceding vehicle by the host vehicle. The processor is configured to stop proposal of the follow-up travel when the follow-up travel is not started despite the proposal of the follow-up travel.

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