Patent ID: 11912309
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A travel control device comprising:
a communication circuit configured to be communicable with an autonomous driving vehicle and a user terminal that a user who intends to board the autonomous driving vehicle has; and
processing circuitry configured to
make the autonomous driving vehicle travel in such a way that the autonomous driving vehicle arrives at a specified position specified by the user,
when the autonomous driving vehicle has reached a predetermined range from the specified position, transmit an information sending request requesting sending of a user periphery image depicting a peripheral region around the user to the user terminal via the communication circuit, and
when receiving the user periphery image via the communication circuit, change a position of the autonomous driving vehicle, based on the user periphery image in such a way that the autonomous driving vehicle comes close to the user.