Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11237006-B2
Application number	US-201916435848-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2019
Priority date	Jun 21, 2018
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

An information processing apparatus according to this disclosure is an information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, including a controller configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; and setting a combination between the first user and the second user allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so that the destination point of the second user does not belong to a destination area that is a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, comprising a controller configured to execute:
acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user;
determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle; and
upon determining that the destination point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined area is an area within a predetermined distance from the destination point of the first user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the destination point of the second user is a predetermined point in a vicinity of a residence of the second user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the traffic mode, the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, and gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, and
the controller executes:
further acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
setting another predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;
determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the another predetermined area;
upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the another predetermined area, setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle; and
upon determining that the departure point of the second user is within the another predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller sets the combination between the first user and the second user who are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so as not to repeat the combination between the first user and the second user having previously ridden in the identical vehicle.

6. An information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, comprising a controller configured to execute:
acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
setting a predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;
determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle; and
upon determining that the departure point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the predetermined area is an area having a distance that is equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the departure point of the first user.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the departure point of the second user is a predetermined point in a vicinity of a residence of the second user.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the controller sets the combination between the first user and the second user who are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so as not to repeat the combination between the first user and the second user having previously ridden in the identical vehicle.

10. An information processing method applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, the information processing method causing a computer to execute:
a step of acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
a step of setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user;
a step of determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
a step of, upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle; and
a step of, upon determining that the destination point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

11. A non-transitory memory medium stored with a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 10 .

12. An information processing method applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, the information processing method causing a computer to execute:
a step of acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;
a step of setting a predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;
a step of determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area;
a step of, upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle; and
a step of, upon determining that the departure point of the second user is within the predetermined area, not setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are not allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

13. A non-transitory memory medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 12 .

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yeonseo
• Sakurada Shin
• Tanabe Daisuke
• Takeshita ayana
• Tokita Hiroyuki
• Asamoto Koichi

Classifications

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title

• G01C21/3461

  Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries · CPC title

• G06Q30/0645

  Rental transactions; Leasing transactions · CPC title

• G08G1/207

  with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries · CPC title

• G06Q10/047

  Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem · CPC title