View source for US Patent Application 18190942. FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE AND FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD simplified abstract

=FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE AND FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD=


==Organization Name==

[[:Category:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA|TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA]]


[[Category:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA]]

==Inventor(s)==

[[:Category:Hayato Shirai of Tagata-gun (JP)|Hayato Shirai of Tagata-gun (JP)]][[Category:Hayato Shirai of Tagata-gun (JP)]]

[[:Category:Takashi Nishikiori of Numazu-shi (JP)|Takashi Nishikiori of Numazu-shi (JP)]][[Category:Takashi Nishikiori of Numazu-shi (JP)]]

[[:Category:Sui Kurihashi of Sunto-gun (JP)|Sui Kurihashi of Sunto-gun (JP)]][[Category:Sui Kurihashi of Sunto-gun (JP)]]

[[:Category:Takahiro Matsunaga of Mishima-shi (JP)|Takahiro Matsunaga of Mishima-shi (JP)]][[Category:Takahiro Matsunaga of Mishima-shi (JP)]]

==FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE AND FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract==


This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18190942 titled 'FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE AND FOLLOW-UP TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD

==Simplified Explanation==

The patent application describes a travel support device that can communicate with multiple vehicles.
* Communication unit capable of communicating with multiple vehicles
* Storage unit that stores a list of vehicles that can be followed by other vehicles
* Processor that receives information from a vehicle performing follow-up travel and selects a suitable preceding vehicle to be followed based on the received information
* Information about the preceding vehicle is then transmitted to the follow-up vehicle.


==Original Abstract Submitted==

The follow-up travel support device includes a communication unit capable of communicating with a plurality of vehicles; a storage unit storing a list of follow-up permitted vehicles permitting being a follow-up target of another vehicle; and a processor configured to receive predetermined information from a follow-up execution vehicle that performs follow-up travel via the communication unit, select a preceding vehicle suitable as a follow-up target of the follow-up execution vehicle from among the follow-up permitted vehicles based on the predetermined information, and transmit information about the preceding vehicle to the follow-up execution vehicle via the communication unit.



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