Patent ID: 11959756
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. The controller according to claim 1, wherein:
the drop-off data includes data of an attribute of the first user;
the processor is configured to execute the first zone setting processing when a first distance between a current position of the ride-sharing vehicle and the first scheduled position is shorter than a first threshold value; and
the first zone setting processing includes
setting, when there is a plurality of the first scheduled positions each having the first distance shorter than the first threshold value, a candidate of the first zone for each of the first scheduled positions,
determining whether or not the candidates of the first zone include a nearest first zone candidate having the first distance that is shortest and a first alternative candidate that is another candidate overlapping the nearest first zone candidate,
setting the nearest first zone candidate as the first zone when determination is made that the candidates of the first zone include the nearest first zone candidate alone, and
setting, when determination is made that the candidates of the first zone include the nearest first zone candidate and the first alternative candidate, the first zone based on the data of the attribute included in the same drop-off data as the data of the first scheduled position used in the setting of the nearest first zone candidate and the first alternative candidate.