Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12136048-B2
Application number	US-202217720559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2022
Priority date	May 24, 2021
Publication date	Nov 5, 2024
Grant date	Nov 5, 2024

Abstract

A controller is provided which is configured to perform receiving, from a terminal of a user, a request for moving a component included in a first vehicle to a second vehicle, and generating, upon receipt of the request from the terminal of the user, information for reserving a predetermined facility in which the component is moved from the first vehicle to the second vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a storage; and
a controller operatively coupled to the storage,
wherein the storage store one or more instructions and facility information about a predetermined facility that is cap able of removing component from a first vehicle and installing the component to a second vehicle, and wherein the facility information includes available reservation dates and times of the predetermined facility, and
wherein, upon execution of the instructions, the controller is configured to:
receive, via a wireless communication network, the facility information from a facility terminal related to predetermined facility,
store the received facility information in the storage,
receive, via the wireless communication network from a terminal of a user accessing a website, a request to move the component included in the first vehicle to the second vehicle, the user being an owner of the first vehicle and the second vehicle,
select one or more facilities with available times that are capable of removing the component from the first vehicle and installing the component to the second vehicle in response to the stored facility information and the received request,
transmit, via the wireless communication network, inform about the available reservation dates and times of the selected one or more facilities to the user terminal,
determine whether reservation information has been received from the user terminal, the reservation information being information for reserving any of the one or more facilities selected by the user, and the reservation information including a removal date and time of the component from the first vehicle and an installation date and time removed component to the second vehicle, at any of the one or more facilities selected by the user,
generate reservation completion information for reserving the facility selected by the user so that two frames including a first time frame corresponding to the first vehicle and a second time frame corresponding to the second vehicle are reserved in response to the reception of the reservation information from the user terminal, and
transmit, via the wireless communication network, the generated reservation completion information to the user terminal and the facility terminal.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller generates information for reserving the predetermined facility so that the first time frame corresponding to the first vehicle is earlier than the second time frame corresponding to the second vehicle.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller generates information about a fee to be charged to the user so that the fee to be charged to the user increases as a time period from an end time point of the first time frame corresponding to the first vehicle to a start time point of the second time frame corresponding to the second vehicle increases.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage unit stores a time required to remove the component from the first vehicle and a time required to install the component to the second vehicle.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the component is a component that makes performance of the second vehicle higher after the component is moved to the second vehicle than before the component is moved to the second vehicle.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the component is a component that is installed to the first vehicle at the time of manufacture of the first vehicle.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the component is a component that is capable of being selected by a manufacturer option when the first vehicle is purchased new.

8. An information processing method performed by at least one computer, the method comprising:
receiving, via a wireless communication network, facility information from a facility terminal related to a predetermined facility,
storing the received facility information in a storage of the at least one computer,
receiving, via the wireless communication terminal from a terminal of a user accessing a website, a request to move a component included in a first vehicle to a second vehicle;
selecting one or more facilities with available times that are capable of removing the component from the first vehicle and installing the component to the second vehicle in response to the stored facility information and the received request;
transmitting, via the wireless communication network, information about the available reservation dates and times of the selected one or more facilities to the user terminal;
determining whether reservation information has been received from the user terminal, the reservation information being information for reserving any of the one or more facilities selected by the user, and the reservation information including a removal date and time of the component from the first vehicle and an installation date and time of the removed component to the second vehicle, at any of the one or more facilities selected by the user; and
generating reservation completion information for reserving the facility selected by the user so that two frames including a first time frame corresponding to the first vehicle and a second time frame corresponding to the second vehicle are reserved in response to the reception of the reservation information from the user terminal; and
transmitting, via the wireless communication network, the generated reservation completion information to the user terminal and the facility terminal.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein
the computer is configured to generate information for reserving the predetermined facility so that the first time frame corresponding to the first vehicle is earlier than the second time frame corresponding to the second vehicle.

10. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein
the computer is configured to generate information about a fee to be charged to the user so that the fee to be charged to the user increases as a time period from an end time point of the first time frame corresponding to the first vehicle to a start time point of the second time frame corresponding to the second vehicle increases.

11. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein
the component is a component that is installed to the first vehicle at the time of manufacture of the first vehicle.

12. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein
the component is a component that is capable of being selected by a manufacturer option when the first vehicle is purchased new.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tone Yuta
• Ii Yukinori
• Tanaka Tadayuki
• Ishizuka Naoki
• Yano Yuichiro
• Amano Nariaki
• Maeda Yusuke
• Yazaki Kei
• Hamada Yu

Classifications

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06Q10/02 Primary

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title

• H04W4/46

  for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title