Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11823537-B2
Application number	US-201917767339-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2019
Priority date	Oct 10, 2019
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a getting-off determining unit that determines whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle, a location determining unit that determines whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle, and a notification control unit that gives a predetermined notification to the occupant when the getting-off determining unit determines that the occupant gets off and the location determining unit determines that the electronic device is not at the predetermined position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a getting-off determining unit that determines whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle;
a location determining unit configured to determine whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle; and
a door lock control unit configured to control locking and unlocking of a door lock of the vehicle, wherein:
the door lock control unit is configured to unlock the door lock when the getting-off determining unit determines that the occupant gets off and the location determining unit determines that the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position,

wherein the vehicle includes a charging device that charges the electronic device; and
wherein the location determining unit is configured to determine that the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position in the vehicle when the location determining unit detects that the electronic device and the charging device are electrically connected.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the getting-off determining unit is configured to determine that the occupant gets off the vehicle when it detects that a seat belt used by the occupant has been removed, when the vehicle arrives at a destination, when the occupant instructs to stop the vehicle, or when the vehicle stops.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle includes a camera that photographs an inside of a passenger compartment; and
the getting-off determining unit is configured to determine that the occupant gets off the vehicle when it detects a motion that the occupant is about to get off the vehicle based on an image taken by the camera.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a notification control unit configured to give a predetermined notification to the occupant when the getting-off determining unit determines that the occupant gets off and the location determining unit determines that the electronic device is not at the predetermined position.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the predetermined notification is given via a sound or an image prompting the occupant to return the electronic device to the predetermined position.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the electronic device includes at least one of an image display unit that displays image and a sound output unit that outputs sound; and
the notification control unit is configured to give the predetermined notification to the occupant via at least one of the image display unit and the sound output unit provided in the electronic device.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the vehicle includes at least one of an in-vehicle image display unit that displays image and an in-vehicle sound output unit that outputs sound; and
the notification control unit is configured to give the predetermined notification to the occupant via at least one of the in-vehicle image display unit and the in-vehicle sound output unit.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the notification control unit is configured to give the predetermined notification to the occupant via a mobile terminal owned by the occupant.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the electronic device is a wearable device worn on a body of the occupant, or a mobile device.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a wearing state determining unit configured to determine whether or not the wearable device is being worn by the occupant, wherein:
the vehicle includes at least one of an in-vehicle image display unit that displays image and an in-vehicle sound output unit that outputs sound; and
the notification control unit is configured
to give the predetermined notification to the occupant via the wearable device when it is determined that the wearable device is being worn by the occupant and
to give the predetermined notification to the occupant via at least one of the in-vehicle image display unit, the in-vehicle sound output unit, and a mobile terminal owned by the occupant when it is determined that the wearable device is not being worn by the occupant.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a personal information acquisition unit configured to acquire personal information of the occupant, wherein:
the notification control unit is configured to change a content of the predetermined notification according to the acquired personal information.

12. An information processing method, the method is configured comprising:
determining whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle;
determining whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle;
controlling locking and unlocking of a door lock of the vehicle;
unlocking the door lock when it is determined that the occupant gets off and the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position;
charging the electronic device via a charging device; and
determining, via a location determining unit, that the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position in the vehicle when the location determining unit detects that the electronic device and the charging device are electrically connected.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Shikoda Yu
• Inoue Hirofumi
• Teraguchi Takehito
• Nishiyama Jo
• Okubo Shota

Classifications

• G08B13/1418 Primary

  Removal detected by failure in electrical connection between the appliance and a control centre, home control panel or a power supply · CPC title

• G08B15/007

  by trapping · CPC title

• G08B21/24 Primary

  Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms · CPC title