ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,135, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control method, server, and system" was invented by Hiroshi Higashide (Nagoya, Japan) and Keiichi Uno (Chita-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for controlling a plurality of vehicles automatically traveling to follow an operation schedule includes judging, by a server, whether a first vehicle is delayed relative to the operation schedule, judging, by the server, whether passing of the first vehicle by a second vehicle has occurred when the first vehicle is judged to be delayed relative to the operation schedule, and setting, by the ...