Data Collection Device, Data Collection Method, and Data Collection System

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 12 -- TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12389193 B2, initially filed May 19, 2022) developed by five inventors Hiroaki Kodera, Susono, Japan; Yoichiro Isami, Mishima, Japan; Kotoru Sato, Susono, Japan; Takashi Hayashi, Nagoya, Japan; and Naohiro Seo, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, for "Data collection device, data collection method, and data collection system."

A data collection device collects data in a predetermined target area by using a plurality of mobile bodies that is able to move within the target area and acquire data. The data collection device includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires area information regarding the target area; and a mobile body management unit that changes a collection location of the data based on the area information and that dispatches at least one mobile body among the mobile bodies to a specific location in the target area associated with the area information.

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