Information system, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11067402-B2
Application number	US-201916285592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2019
Priority date	Feb 27, 2018
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

An information system comprises a selector configured to select one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner; and a manager configured to instruct the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to cause a change into an appearance with which it is possible for the users to distinguish, in a differentiated manner, that each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles is the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information system comprising:
a selector configured to select one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner, on the basis of a position information, an orientation information, and a shop attribute collected from the respective shop vehicles;
an acquirer configured to acquire position information, orientation information, and attribute information of the mobile shop vehicle for providing the service from each of the group of the mobile shop vehicles; and
a manager configured to:
instruct the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to display information related to the meeting place on an external display of each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles such that the users identify each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles as the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles; and
generate map information of the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles including the one or more mobile shop vehicles, on the basis of the position information, the orientation information, and the attribute information of the mobile shop vehicle for providing the service acquired from each of the group of the mobile shop vehicles, and notify the map information to a terminal of one or more of the users.

2. The information system according to claim 1 , wherein
the manager notifies the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place of appearance data for constructing the appearance with which it is possible for the users to distinguish, in the differentiated manner, that each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles is the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.

3. The information system according to claim 1 , wherein
the manager generates joining instructions for allowing a first mobile shop vehicle included in the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place and a second mobile shop vehicle included in the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to join in the predetermined area.

4. The information system according to claim 3 , wherein
the manager generates a joining instruction for moving the first mobile shop vehicle via a point of the second mobile shop vehicle positioned in the predetermined area.

5. The information system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place provide an advertisement of the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles and a free sample of the service provided in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles, to the users who utilize the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.

6. An information processing method comprising allowing a computer to execute:
a selecting step of selecting one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner, on the basis of a position information, an orientation information, and a shop attribute collected from the respective shop vehicles;
a managing step of instructing the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to display information related to the meeting place on an external display of each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles such that the users identify each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles as the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles;
generating joining instructions for allowing a first mobile shop vehicle included in the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place and a second mobile shop vehicle included in the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to join in the predetermined area; and
generating a joining instruction for moving the first mobile shop vehicle via a point of the second mobile shop vehicle positioned in the predetermined area.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storing medium recording a computer program for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:
a selecting step of selecting one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner, on the basis of a position information, an orientation information, and a shop attribute collected from the respective shop vehicles; and
a managing step of instructing the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to display information related to the meeting place on an external display of each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles such that the users identify each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles as the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles,
wherein the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place provide an advertisement of the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles and a free sample of the service provided in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles, to the users who utilize the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Michio
• Ishii Eiichi
• Makita Mitsugu
• Yoshida Toru
• Itou Gaku

Classifications

• B64U2201/10

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