Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11758375-B2
Application number	US-201916421531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2019
Priority date	Jun 8, 2018
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure has an object to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily grasp a passenger during a driver's driving. A controller included in an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure executes: acquiring first information that is information related to an appearance of a passenger having requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver and is image information taken; and generating information related to the passenger by converting the first information into second information representing a predetermined characteristic part of the appearance of the passenger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive first information that is image information related to an appearance of a passenger who has requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver via a passenger terminal of the passenger, the image information being taken by a camera of the passenger terminal, the first information being transmitted from the passenger terminal, the vehicle including a speaker that notifies the driver of information by audio;
store the received first information in the memory;
extract, from the first information stored in the memory, second information that is information including gender, body shape and clothes of the passenger and is text information or audio information by comparing the first information with a template with which information related to appearances of people are associated, the appearances of people including genders, body shapes and clothes of the people;
store the extracted second information in the memory;
after storing the extracted second information in the memory, remove, from the memory, the first information from which the second information has been extracted;
after removing the first information from the memory, generate passenger information that includes the second information stored in the memory; and
transmit the generated passenger information to the vehicle.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information does not include image information regarding a face of the passenger.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a data size of the second information is smaller than a data size of the first information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first information contains image information regarding clothes of the passenger.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory unit that stores the received first information, wherein
the at least one processor generates the passenger information by extracting the second information from the first information stored in the memory unit, and
the at least one processor immediately removes the first information from the memory unit after the second information is extracted from the first information.

6. An information processing system, comprising:
a vehicle comprising a speaker that is placed within the vehicle;
a passenger terminal comprising a camera, wherein a passenger requests a ride in the vehicle via the passenger terminal; and
a server comprising a memory and a controller, wherein the passenger terminal is configured to:
generate first information that is image information related to an appearance of the passenger by taking the appearance of the passenger by the camera; and
transmit the generated first information to the server, the controller of the server is configured to:
receive the first information transmitted from the passenger terminal;
store the received first information in the memory;
extract, from the first information stored in the memory, second information that is information including gender, body shape and clothes of the passenger and is text information or audio information by comparing the first information with a template with which information related to appearances of people are associated, the appearances of people including genders, body shapes and clothes of the people;
store the extracted second information in the memory;
after storing the extracted second information in the memory, remove, from the memory, the first information from which the second information has been extracted;
after removing the first information from the memory, generate passenger information, the passenger information including the second information stored in the memory;
transmit the generated passenger information to the vehicle, and
wherein the vehicle is configured to:
receive the passenger information transmitted from the server; and
cause the speaker to output the second information being included in the received passenger information by audio.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle further comprises an acquisition unit, the acquisition unit being configured to:
acquire third information that is related to a person identified in an image of surroundings of the vehicle; and
transmit the third information to the server,
wherein the controller determines whether the first information is included in the third information based on the third information and the first information.

8. A computer-implemented information processing method comprising:
receiving first information that is image information related to an appearance of a passenger,
wherein the passenger has requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver via a passenger terminal of the passenger, the image information being taken by a camera of the passenger terminal, the first information being transmitted from the passenger terminal, the vehicle including a speaker that notifies the driver of information by audio;
storing the received first information in a memory of a computer;
extracting, from the first information stored in the memory, second information that is information including gender, body shape and clothes of the passenger and is text information or audio information by comparing the first information with a template with which information related to appearances of people are associated, the appearances of people including genders, body shapes and clothes of the people;
storing the extracted second information in the memory;
after storing the extracted second information in the memory, removing, from the memory, the first information from which the second information has been extracted;
after removing the first information from the memory, generating passenger information, the passenger information including the second information stored in the memory; and
transmitting the generated passenger information to the vehicle.

9. A non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program causing a computer including a memory to execute a control process, the control process comprising:
receiving first information that is image information related to an appearance of a passenger who has requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver via a passenger terminal of the passenger, the image information being taken by a camera of the passenger terminal, the first information being transmitted from the passenger terminal, the vehicle including a speaker that notifies the driver of information by audio;
storing the received first information in the memory;
extracting, from the first information stored in the memory, second information that is information including gender, body shape and clothes of the passenger and is text information or audio information by comparing the first information with a template with which information related to appearances of people are associated, the appearances of people including genders, body shapes and clothes of the people;
storing the extracted second information in the memory;
after storing the extracted second information in the memory, removing, from the memory, the first information from which the second information has been extracted;
generating passenger information, the passenger information including the second information stored in the memory; and
transmitting the generated passenger information to the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G01C21/3697 Primary

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/40 Primary

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title

• G08G1/123

  indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) · CPC title