Information processing apparatus, information processing system, vehicle, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11620910-B2
Application number	US-202016938637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2020
Priority date	Jul 24, 2019
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, a vehicle, an information processing method and an information processing program which improve the utility of techniques for generating a travel plan for a vehicle are provided. An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires first storage information indicating a stored amount of a first storage apparatus of a first vehicle provided with the first storage apparatus for storing drainage water. The controller generates a travel plan for a second vehicle provided with a second storage apparatus for storing the drainage water collected from the first vehicle, based on predetermined information which includes the first storage information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to:
acquire first storage information indicating a stored amount of a first storage apparatus of a first vehicle provided with a facility and the first storage apparatus, the facility including a toilet, a bathroom or a kitchen, and the first storage apparatus storing drainage water that has flowed out from the facility; and
generate a travel plan for a second vehicle configured to collect the drainage water from the first vehicle and provided with a second storage apparatus for storing the drainage water collected from the first vehicle, based on predetermined information which includes the first storage information and a location at which the first vehicle is stopped, the travel plan including a stop point at which the second vehicle is to stop for collecting the drainage water from the first vehicle, and a traveling route which passes through the stop point or which reaches the stop point.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in generation of the travel plan for the second vehicle, the controller is configured to determine whether the stored amount of the first storage apparatus will reach a first limit amount based on the predetermined information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in a case in which the controller determines that the stored amount of the first storage apparatus will reach the first limit amount at a first time point, the controller includes into the travel plan for the second vehicle a scheduled time of arrival at the stop point that is not later than the first time point.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to:
acquire second storage information indicating a stored amount of the second storage apparatus of the second vehicle; and

in generation of the travel plan for the second vehicle, determine whether the stored amount of the second storage apparatus will reach a second limit amount.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the predetermined information includes information regarding a drainage treatment facility which is capable of collecting the drainage water from the second vehicle, and
in a case in which the controller determines that the stored amount of the second storage apparatus will reach the second limit amount, the controller includes into the travel plan for the second vehicle, as the traveling route, a route to pass through the drainage treatment facility based on the predetermined information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information processing apparatus is a server which can communicate with the first vehicle and the second vehicle via a network.

7. An information processing system comprising:
the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ;
the first vehicle; and
the second vehicle,
wherein the first vehicle is configured to transmit the first storage information to the information processing apparatus, and
the information processing apparatus is configured to transmit the travel plan to the second vehicle.

8. A vehicle comprising the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle is the first vehicle.

9. A vehicle comprising the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle is the second vehicle.

10. An information processing method to be executed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
acquiring first storage information indicating a stored amount of a first storage apparatus of a first vehicle provided with a facility and the first storage apparatus, the facility including a toilet, a bathroom, or a kitchen, and the first storage apparatus storing drainage water that has flowed out from the facility; and
generating a travel plan for a second vehicle configured to collect the drainage water from the first vehicle and provided with a second storage apparatus for storing the drainage water collected from the first vehicle, based on predetermined information which includes the first storage information and a location at which the first vehicle is stopped, the travel plan including a stop point at which the second vehicle is to stop for collecting the drainage water from the first vehicle, and a traveling route which passes through the stop point or which reaches the stop point.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein, in generation of the travel plan for the second vehicle, it is determined whether the stored amount of the first storage apparatus will reach a first limit amount based on the predetermined information.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11 ,
wherein, in a case in which it is determined that the stored amount of the first storage apparatus will reach the first limit amount at a first time point, the travel plan for the second vehicle further includes a scheduled time of arrival at the stop point that is not later than the first time point.

13. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising
acquiring second storage information indicating a stored amount of the second storage apparatus of the second vehicle,
wherein, in generation of the travel plan for the second vehicle, it is determined whether the stored amount of the second storage apparatus will reach a second limit amount.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13 ,
wherein the predetermined information includes information regarding a drainage treatment facility which is capable of collecting the drainage water from the second vehicle, and
in a case in which it is determined that the stored amount of the second storage apparatus will reach the second limit amount, the travel plan for the second vehicle includes, as the traveling route, a route to pass through the drainage treatment facility based on the predetermined information.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first vehicle transmits the first storage information to the information processing apparatus, and
the information processing apparatus transmits the travel plan to the second vehicle.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an information processing program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute an information processing method according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakano Keiko
• Nagata Yu
• Hayashi Takashi
• Kondo Ryota

Classifications

• G06Q10/06316 Primary

  Sequencing of tasks or work · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• G08G1/202 Primary

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

• G08G1/205

  Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental · CPC title

• G08G1/20 Primary

  Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles · CPC title