Vehicle running management system
US6081756A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0293
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle running management system manages running states of vehicles on a predetermined lane of a road, the predetermined lane being provided for automatically driven vehicles each of which has a communication function and a running control function, the vehicle running management system comprising a vehicle entrance detecting unit for detecting movement of a vehicle from a lane adjacent to the predetermined lane to the predetermined lane, and a control information communication unit for, when the vehicle entrance detecting unit detects the vehicle which has entered the predetermined lane, transmitting control information based on existence of the detected vehicle to an automatically driven vehicle behind the detected vehicle, so that the automatically driven vehicle can perform the running control based on the control information.
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