Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11800413-B2
Application number	US-202117372712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2021
Priority date	Aug 11, 2020
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

An information processing system includes: a first server associated with a first region, the first server including a first processor configured to output information concerning a predetermined service to a vehicle traveling in the first region; and the vehicle including a second processor, wherein the first processor is configured to perform handover processing for outputting information concerning the vehicle held by the first server to a second server associated with a second region adjacent to the first region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region in a case where the vehicle has moved to an outside of the first region and to an outside of an extended region obtained by extending the first region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising:
a first server associated with a first region, the first server comprising a first processor configured to output information concerning a predetermined service to a vehicle traveling in the first region; and
the vehicle comprising a second processor, wherein
the first processor is configured to perform handover processing for outputting information concerning the vehicle held by the first server to a second server associated with a second region adjacent to the first region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region only in a case where the vehicle has moved to an outside of the first region and to an outside of an extended region, and
the extended region is not included in the first region and is formed so as to surround the first region.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the extended region is set to a size with which a handover time necessary for transmitting and receiving the information concerning the vehicle between the first and the second servers is longer than a vehicle moving time necessary for the vehicle to move between the first and the second regions.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the extended region is determined based on a distance of a road network including intersections and road links connecting the intersections.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the extended region includes:
a first intersection included in the first region;
a second intersection that is an intersection adjacent to the first intersection and indicates an intersection other than the first intersection; and
a road link connecting the first intersection and the second intersection.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the extended region includes:
a first intersection included in the first region;
a second intersection that is an intersection adjacent to the first intersection and indicates an intersection other than the first intersection;
a third intersection that is an intersection adjacent to the second intersection and indicates an intersection other than the first intersection and other than the second intersection; and
road links connecting the first intersection, the second intersection, and the third intersection.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the extended region is determined based on a geographical distance from the first region.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein,
the second processor is configured to determine whether the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region, and
the first processor is configured to perform the handover processing when the second processor determines that the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor is configured to:
determine whether the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region; and
perform the handover processing when determining that the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region.

9. An information processing apparatus associated with a first region, the information processing apparatus comprising
a processor configured to output information concerning a predetermined service to a vehicle traveling in the first region, wherein
the processor is configured to perform handover processing for outputting information concerning the vehicle to another information processing apparatus associated with a second region adjacent to the first region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region, only in a case where the vehicle has moved to an outside of the first region and an outside of an extended region, and
the extended region is not included in the first region and is formed so as to surround the first region.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the extended region is set to a size with which a handover time necessary for transmitting and receiving the information concerning the vehicle between the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus is longer than a vehicle moving time necessary for the vehicle to move between the first and the second regions.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the extended region is determined based on a distance of a road network including intersections and road links connecting the intersections.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the extended region includes:
a first intersection included in the first region;
a second intersection that is an intersection adjacent to the first intersection and indicates an intersection other than the first intersection; and
a road link connecting the first intersection and the second intersection.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the extended region includes:
a first intersection included in the first region;
a second intersection that is an intersection adjacent to the first intersection and indicates an intersection other than the first intersection;
a third intersection that is an intersection adjacent to the second intersection and indicates an intersection other than the first intersection and other than the second intersection; and
road links connecting the first intersection, the second intersection, and the third intersection.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the extended region is determined based on a geographical distance from the first region.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the handover processing when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region in a case where the vehicle determines that the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region, and
perform the handover processing when determining that the vehicle has moved to the outside of the first region and the outside of the extended region.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which an executable program is recorded, the program causing a processor of a computer associated with a first region to execute:
outputting information concerning a predetermined service to a vehicle traveling in the first region;
performing handover processing for outputting information concerning the vehicle to an information processing apparatus associated with a second region adjacent to the first region when the vehicle moves from the first region to the second region only in a case where the vehicle has moved to an outside of the first region and an outside of an extended region,
wherein the extended region is not included in the first region and is formed so as to surround the first region.

18. The non-transit

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lefebvre Sylvain
• Neyama Ryo

Classifications

• H04W36/322

  by location data · CPC title

• H04W36/125 Primary

  involving different types of service backbones · CPC title

• H04W36/0058 Primary

  Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports · CPC title

• G01C21/3461

  Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries · CPC title

• H04W4/40

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