Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11907965-B2
Application number	US-202217846718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2022
Priority date	Jul 6, 2021
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer does not peeled off.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising:
a device configured to use image processing with a deep learning method or a device configured to optically detect a reflectance; and
a processor programmed to:
acquire coating information on a first coating film including a non-peeled area ratio and a degree of degradation, the first coating film forming a peelable layer on an exterior of a vehicle that covers an original paint layer, the non-peeled area ratio being a ratio of an area of the first coating film that is not peeled off from the vehicle to an area of the first coating film that is initially applied to the vehicle, the degree of degradation of the first coating film being determined by the device configured to use image processing with the deep learning method or the device configured to optically detect the reflectance,
calculate, based on the non-peeled area ratio and the degree of degradation, an incentive to be provided to a first user who sells or returns the vehicle, such that the higher the non-peeled area ratio, the greater the incentive, and the smaller the degree of degradation, the greater the incentive, and
cause a first terminal device to display the incentive,

wherein the first terminal device is an in-store terminal that is used by an employee of a store that buys and sells used vehicles, and
wherein the processor is programmed to send, to a second terminal device, a request to remove the first coating film when a decision is made to sell or lease the vehicle to a second user.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the coating information has information on a length of elapsed time since application of the first coating film to the vehicle; and
the processor is programmed to modify the incentive such that the incentive increases if the length of elapsed time decreases.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor is programmed to, if a predetermined portion of the vehicle has the first coating film peeled off, modify the incentive.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined portion is a front bumper, a rear bumper, or a door mirror housing.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to calculate the incentive based on information regarding market demand.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is programmed to modify the incentive such that the incentive increases if demand for a color of an original paint of the vehicle increases.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to publish, on a first website, information on the vehicle together with information that the first coating film is not peeled off in a period from completion of purchase or return of the vehicle from the first user to the decision to sell or lease the vehicle to the second user.

8. The information processing server system according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage that stores a first predetermined map that correlates the non-peeled area ratio to a first correction factor, and a second predetermined map that correlates the degree of degradation to a second correction factor, and
the processor is programmed to calculate the incentive using the first correction factor and the second correction factor.

9. An information processing method implemented with a system including a server comprising:
controlling a device configured to use image processing with a deep learning method or a device configured to optically detect a reflectance to acquire image data;
acquire coating information on a first coating film including a non-peeled area ratio and a degree of degradation, the first coating film forming a peelable layer on an exterior of a vehicle that covers an original paint layer, the non-peeled area ratio being a ratio of an area of the first coating film that is not peeled off from the vehicle to an area of the first coating film that is initially applied to the vehicle, the degree of degradation of the first coating film being determined by the device configured to use image processing with the deep learning method or the device configured to optically detect the reflectance;
calculating based on the non-peeled area ratio and the degree of degradation, an incentive to be provided to a first user who sells or returns the vehicle, such that the higher the non-peeled area ratio, the greater the incentive, and the smaller the degree of degradation, the greater the incentive; and
causing a first terminal device to display the incentive,
wherein the first terminal device is an in-store terminal that is used by an employee of a store that buys and sells used vehicles, and
wherein the server sends, to a second terminal device, a request to remove the first coating film when a decision is made to sell or lease the vehicle to a second user.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9 , wherein calculating the incentive includes modifying the incentive so as to increase when as a length of elapsed time since application of the first coating film to the vehicle decreases, wherein
the coating information has information on the length of elapsed time.

11. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising modifying the incentive, in response to determining that a predetermined portion of the vehicle has the first coating film peeled off,
wherein the coating information has information on the predetermined portion of the vehicle.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the predetermined portion is a front bumper, a rear bumper, or a door mirror housing.

13. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising calculating the incentive based on information regarding market demand.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors in a system and that cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:
controlling a device configured to use image processing with a deep learning method or a device configured to optically detect a reflectance to acquire image data; and
acquire coating information on a first coating film including a non-peeled area ratio and a degree of degradation, the first coating film forming a peelable layer on an exterior of a vehicle that covers an original paint layer, the non-peeled area ratio being a ratio of an area of the first coating film that is not peeled off from the vehicle to an area of the first coating film that is initially applied to the vehicle, the degree of degradation of the first coating film being determined by the device configured to use image processing with the deep learning method or the device configured to optically detect the reflectance,
calculating based on the non-peeled area ratio and the degree of degradation, an incentive to be provided to a first user who sells or returns the vehicle, such that the higher the non-peeled area ratio, the greater the incentive, and the smaller the degree of degradation, the greater the incentive, and
causing a first terminal device to display the incentive,
wherein the first terminal device is an in-store terminal that is used by an employee of a store that buys and sells used vehicles, and
wherein the computer sends, to a second terminal device, a request to remove the first coating film when a decision is made to sell or lease the vehicle to a second user.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Il Yukinori
• Yamaguchi Kenji
• Ogawa Junya
• Naganuma Yuki
• Yamamoto Junya
• Tone Yuta
• Ishizuka Naoki
• Tanaka Tadayuki
• Ito Keisuke
• Yokoi Yuka
• Hayashi Takashi
• Oka Naoya
• Hamada Yu

Classifications

• G06Q30/0208 Primary

  Trade or exchange of goods or services in exchange for incentives or rewards · CPC title

• G06Q30/0207 Primary

  Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates · CPC title

• G06Q30/0283 Primary

  Price estimation or determination · CPC title

• G06Q30/0278

  Product appraisal · CPC title

• G06Q30/0645

  Rental transactions; Leasing transactions · CPC title