Such taxis, by communicating with data centres, are expected to make possible new services that will, among others, improve taxi-customer convenience and support taxi drivers. The verification testing, which will centre on the collection and analysis of data from taxis in the Tokyo metropolitan area, is being done to clarify technical requirements for taxi-related connected services and to enable practical application of large volumes of driving data.
In the verification testing, big data generated through real-time collection of both driving video and vehicle data captured by Toyota's data-transmission TransLog driving recorder installed in taxis and transmitted via KDDI's LTE network will be analyzed to determine the needs of communications networks for "connected taxis".
The testing is also aimed at improving the functions of a mobility services platform being established by Toyota, for which it will, among others, mark the start of technical studies for the generation of dynamic maps that cover the state of congestion of individual traffic lanes and the existence of roadway obstacles.
