Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11328594-B2
Application number	US-201916429915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2019
Priority date	Jun 14, 2018
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

An information processing apparatus determines a pickup point and a drop-off point for a first user traveling to a destination in a vehicle carrying a plurality of unspecified users. The apparatus includes a controller that obtains information on the place of departure and the destination of the first user; determines a pickup point for the first user based on the place of departure of the first user; defines a predetermined field including the destination of the first user and determines a drop-off point for the first user from a plurality of points except the destination, the points being included in the predetermined field; and transmits the determined pickup point and drop-off point for the first user to a device associated with the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus for determining a pickup point and a drop-off point for a first user traveling to a destination in a vehicle carrying a plurality of unspecified users, the apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to:
obtain information on a place of departure and a destination of the first user;
determine a pickup point for the first user based on the place of departure of the first user;
define a predetermined field including the destination of the first user and determine a drop-off point for the first user from a plurality of points except the destination, the points being included in the predetermined field;
give an evaluation value to a point on a road within the predetermined field based on a criterion selected by the first user, and determine the drop-off point based on the given evaluation value; and
transmit the determined pickup point and drop-off point for the first user to a device associated with the vehicle.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the device associated with the vehicle is a terminal owned by a second user driving the vehicle or an on-vehicle terminal incorporated in the vehicle to designate a traveling route of the vehicle.

3. An information processing method implemented by an information processing apparatus for determining a pickup point and a drop-off point for a first user traveling to a destination in a vehicle carrying a plurality of unspecified users, the method comprising:
obtaining user information including information on a place of departure and a destination of the first user;
determining a pickup point for the first user based on the place of departure of the first user;
defining a predetermined field including the destination of the first user and determining a drop-off point for the first user from a plurality of points except the destination, the points being included in the predetermined field;
giving an evaluation value to a point on a road within the predetermined field based on a criterion selected by the first user, and determining the drop-off point based on the given evaluation value; and
transmitting the determined pickup point and drop-off point for the first user to a device associated with the vehicle.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storing medium recording a computer program for causing an information processing apparatus for determining a pickup point and a drop-off point for a first user traveling to a destination in a vehicle carrying a plurality of unspecified users, to perform a method comprising the steps of:
obtaining user information including information on a place of departure and a destination of the first user;
determining a pickup point for the first user based on the place of departure of the first user;
defining a predetermined field including the destination of the first user and determining a drop-off point for the first user from a plurality of points except the destination, the points being included in the predetermined field;
giving an evaluation value to a point on a road within the predetermined field based on a criterion selected by the first user, and determining the drop-off point based on the given evaluation value; and
transmitting the determined pickup point and drop-off point for the first user to a device associated with the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kaneko Yusuke
• Masui Junya
• Nakamura Yui
• Fujimura Ai
• TSUJIMOTO Keisuke
• Kuriyama Tomoyuki

Classifications

• G08G1/096883 Primary

  where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA · CPC title

• G06Q10/06315

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title

• G08G1/202

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

• G06Q10/06316 Primary

  Sequencing of tasks or work · CPC title

• G06Q10/02

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title