MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617074173 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha on June 15, 2026, for Control Device, Vehicle Control Method, And System.

Inventors include Shimizu Koji; Fuchimoto Kazuo; Yokoyama Daiki Number; and Katou Jyunya.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: This control device comprises: a process information specification unit which specifies a manufacturing process to be executed on a vehicle capable of driverless travel; a state specification unit which specifies a start state that defines a state of the vehicle at a time at which the specified manufacturing process is started; and a control unit which executes state control processing for controlling the vehicle such that the state of the vehicle is the start state.

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