Patent ID: 11869362
Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A vehicle control device for executing a travel control of at least one vehicle from among a plurality of vehicles that stop in a stopping area for allowing users to board and deboard, the vehicle control device comprising:
a controller configured to
set a stopping order of the plurality of vehicles which indicates the vehicle order at a stop location in the stopping area;
acquire position information of the plurality of vehicles;
estimate an arrival order which indicates the order in which the plurality of vehicles arrive at a prescribed location, based on the position information that was acquired;
determine whether the arrival order that was estimated differs from the stopping order; and
upon determining the arrival order is different from the stopping order, execute the travel control of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles such that the arrival order is the same as the stopping order by a time the plurality of vehicles arrive at the prescribed location,
the travel control further including at least a control causing a vehicle which is later in the stopping order to arrive at the prescribed location later, and
the controller being further configured to
estimate an arrival time at which the vehicle which is later in the stopping order will arrive at the stopping area as a result of controlling the travel,
acquire a meeting time of the vehicle which is later in the stopping order and a second user who reserved the vehicle which is later in the stopping order,
determine whether the arrival time is later than the meeting time, and, upon determining that the arrival time is later than the meeting time, prohibit the control causing the vehicle which is later in the stopping order to arrive at the prescribed location later.