Processing device, processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11004285-B2
Application number	US-202016740543-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2020
Priority date	Feb 8, 2019
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

A processing device includes a control unit configured to perform: identifying a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle; receiving information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and transmitting user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at a first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing device comprising a controller configured to:
identify a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle;
receive information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and
transmit, when the vehicle arrives at a first place, user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at the first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.

2. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined procedure is a procedure associated with a predetermined service which is provided to the user at the first place, and
wherein the controller is configured to further perform receiving first information as the predetermined service from the external device after the user information has been transmitted to the external device.

3. The processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle allows a user, who undergoes an examination for permission of entry into a predetermined area as the predetermined service, to board the vehicle,
wherein the predetermined procedure is a procedure for the examination which is undergone by the user at an examination site which is the first place, and
wherein the controller is configured to transmit the user information on the user to the external device for the examination at the examination site and to receive the first information on a result of the examination of the user from the external device in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.

4. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined procedure is a procedure associated with a predetermined service which is provided to a user at a second place other than the first place as a target place to which the vehicle transfers the user, and
wherein the controller is configured to receive second information indicating that the predetermined service is able to be provided at the second place from the external device after the user information has been transmitted to the external device.

5. The processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit a request for change of a part or all of the predetermined service to the external device when the user exits the vehicle before the vehicle arrives at the second place after the user information has been transmitted to the external device.

6. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined procedure is a passport control procedure.

7. A processing method comprising:
identifying, with a controller, a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle;
receiving, by the controller, information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and
transmitting, by the controller and when the vehicle arrives at a first place, user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at the first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
identifying a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle;
receiving information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and
transmitting, when the vehicle arrives at a first place, user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at the first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murakami Kunihiro
• Sakakibara Katsuhiko
• Matsushita Makoto
• Sato Junya
• Yoshida Kiyonori
• Sugimura Tae
• Hayashi Takashi
• Endo Jun

Classifications

• G07C9/257 Primary

  electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06V20/59

  inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions · CPC title

• E05Y2400/8505

  User authentication, e.g. biometric · CPC title

• G06V20/593

  Recognising seat occupancy · CPC title

• G06V40/166

  using acquisition arrangements · CPC title