Information processing system, program, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11479259-B2
Application number	US-201916658903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2019
Priority date	Dec 3, 2018
Publication date	Oct 25, 2022
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022

Abstract

An information processing system includes a vehicle and a server that is communicatively connected to the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, to acquire driving information of a driver of the vehicle, and to detect occurrence of a traffic accident associated with the vehicle. When a notification of occurrence of a traffic accident is received from the vehicle, the server is configured to calculate a driving skill level of the driver based on the driving information, to store provision information in which the position information of a point at which the traffic accident has occurred is correlated with the driving skill level and the number of times of occurrence of a traffic accident at the point, and to provide the provision information to an insurance company.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising a vehicle and a server that is communicatively connected to the vehicle,
wherein the vehicle is configured to:
acquire position information of the vehicle, the vehicle including an outside camera that images an outside of the vehicle and at least one of an inside camera installed in an inside of the vehicle or an in-vehicle sensor connected to the vehicle via an in-vehicle network;
acquire driving information of a driver of the vehicle based on at least one of an image captured by the inside camera or information output from the in-vehicle sensor; and
detect occurrence of a traffic accident associated with the vehicle from a traveling image of the vehicle which is captured by the outside camera, and

wherein the server is configured to:
calculate a driving skill level of the driver based on the driving information;
store provision information in which the position information of a point at which the traffic accident has occurred is correlated with the driving skill level and the number of times of occurrence of a traffic accident at the point, the provision information including the traveling image of the vehicle that is captured by the outside camera; and
transmit the provision information to an information processing terminal of an insurance company, when a notification of occurrence of a traffic accident is received from the vehicle, wherein an amount of compensation applied to the driver is set based on a correlation between the driving skill level and the point at which the traffic accident has occurred.

2. A program which operates in an information processing system including a vehicle and a server that is communicatively connected to the vehicle,
the program causing the vehicle to perform:
acquiring position information of the vehicle, the vehicle including an outside camera that images an outside of the vehicle and at least one of an inside camera installed in an inside of the vehicle or an in-vehicle sensor connected to the vehicle via an in-vehicle network;
acquiring driving information of a driver of the vehicle based on at least one of an image captured by the inside camera or information output from the in-vehicle sensor; and
detecting occurrence of a traffic accident associated with the vehicle from a traveling image of the vehicle which is captured by the outside camera, and

the program causing the server to perform:
calculating a driving skill level of the driver based on the driving information;
storing provision information in which the position information of a point at which the traffic accident has occurred is correlated with the driving skill level and the number of times of occurrence of a traffic accident at the point, the provision information including the traveling image of the vehicle that is captured by the outside camera; and
transmitting the provision information to an information processing terminal of an insurance company, when a notification of occurrence of a traffic accident is received from the vehicle, wherein an amount of compensation applied to the driver is set based on a correlation between the driving skill level and the point at which the traffic accident has occurred.

3. A control method in an information processing system including a vehicle and a server that is communicatively connected to the vehicle, the control method comprising:
causing the vehicle to perform:
acquiring position information of the vehicle, the vehicle including an outside camera that images an outside of the vehicle and at least one of an inside camera installed in an inside of the vehicle or an in-vehicle sensor connected to the vehicle via an in-vehicle network:
acquiring driving information of a driver of the vehicle based on at least one of an image captured by the inside camera or information output from the in-vehicle sensor; and
detecting occurrence of a traffic accident associated with the vehicle from a traveling image of the vehicle which is captured by the outside camera; and

causing the server to perform:
calculating a driving skill level of the driver based on the driving information;
storing provision information in which the position information of a point at which the traffic accident has occurred is correlated with the driving skill level and the number of times of occurrence of a traffic accident at the point, the provision information including the traveling image of the vehicle that is captured by the outside camera; and
transmitting the provision information to an information processing terminal of an insurance company, when a notification of occurrence of a traffic accident is received from the vehicle, wherein an amount of compensation applied to the driver is set based on a correlation between the driving skill level and the point at which the traffic accident has occurred.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamagami Kana
• Maekawa Takuya
• Nakayama Yosuke
• Jikumaru Akitoshi
• Sugimura Tae
• Hishikawa Takao
• Adachi Shinichi

Classifications

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q40/08 Primary

  Insurance · CPC title

• G06V20/56

  exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle · CPC title

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• G06V20/597

  Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness · CPC title