Information processing system, program, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11568676-B2
Application number	US-201916727065-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2019
Priority date	Feb 5, 2019
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

An information processing system includes a vehicle, and a server communicable with the vehicle. The vehicle includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first vital information on a user who boards the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to transmit to the server the first vital information on the user acquired with the first acquisition unit. The server is configured to prestore first vital information and settlement information on a registered user, determine whether or not the user is the registered user based on the first vital information on the user received from the vehicle and the first vital information on the registered user, and execute, when determining that the user is the registered user, a settlement process based on the settlement information on the registered user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system, comprising:
a vehicle that carries passengers; and
a server that is communicable with the vehicle, wherein:
the vehicle includes:
a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first vital information of a user who boards the vehicle; and
a restraint unit configured to restrain boarding of the user;

the vehicle is configured to transmit to the server the first vital information of the user acquired with the first acquisition unit; and
the server is configured to
prestore first vital information, settlement information, and a boarding condition of a registered user, the boarding condition being a condition for permitting the registered user to board the vehicle,
limit the first vital information of the registered user to the first vital information of the registered user who satisfies the boarding condition,
determine whether or not the user is the registered user based on the first vital information of the user received from the vehicle and the limited first vital information of the registered user,
in response to determining that the user is the registered user, execute a settlement process based on the settlement information of the registered user, and send a first signal to the vehicle to open the restraint unit, and
in response to determining that the user is not the registered user, send a second signal to the vehicle to restrain boarding of the user using the restraint unit,

wherein the settlement process includes at least one of a billing process, a withdrawal process and a charging process.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first acquisition unit includes a camera; and
the first vital information is face information.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle further includes a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second vital information of the user;
the vehicle is configured to
receive from the server a result of determination regarding whether or not the user is the registered user, and
transmit to the server the second vital information of the user acquired with the second acquisition unit when it is determined that the user is not the registered user; and

the server is further configured to
prestore second vital information of the registered user, and
determine, when receiving from the vehicle the second vital information of the user, whether or not the user is the registered user based on the second vital information of the user and the second vital information of the registered user.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the boarding condition is a vehicle type condition.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the boarding condition is a geographical condition.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the boarding condition is a route condition.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the boarding condition is a temporal condition.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for causing a server communicable with a vehicle that carries passengers to execute the steps of:
storing first vital information settlement information, and a boarding condition of a registered user, the boarding condition being a condition for permitting the registered user to board the vehicle;
receiving from the vehicle first vital information of a user who boards the vehicle;
limiting the first vital information of the registered user to the first vital information of the registered user who satisfies the boarding condition;
determining whether or not the user is the registered user based on the first vital information of the user received from the vehicle and the limited first vital information of the registered user;
in response to determining that the user is the registered user, executing, a settlement process based on the settlement information of the registered user, and sending a first signal to the vehicle to open a restraint unit that, when closed, is configured to restrain boarding of the user; and
in response to determining that the user is not the registered user, sending a second signal to the vehicle to restrain boarding of the user using the restraint unit,
wherein the settlement process includes at least one of a billing process, a withdrawal process and a charging process.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kaneichi Daiki
• Tanabe Daisuke

Classifications

• G06V40/172 Primary

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G06F21/32

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G06T2207/30201

  Face · CPC title

• G06Q50/30

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G1/04

  using optical or ultrasonic detectors · CPC title