Information processing device and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019172083-A1
Application number	US-201816210563-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 5, 2018
Priority date	Dec 6, 2017
Publication date	Jun 6, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

When returning an electric vehicle, a management server performs a process including: a step of specifying a return date and time and a user; a step of obtaining return station information; a step of setting a discount rate corresponding to a first difference between the number of electric vehicles that can be charged and the number of parked low-SOC vehicles; a step of setting a discount rate corresponding to prediction of increase or decrease of the number of electric vehicles at the time of returning; a step of setting a discount rate corresponding to a second difference between the number of electric vehicles that can be parked and the number of parked electric vehicles; and a step of setting a rental fee based on the set discount rates.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device for setting a rental fee of an electric vehicle in which a power storage device is mounted, the information processing device comprising:
a storage configured to store a first difference, the first difference being obtained by subtracting (i) the number of electric vehicles that are parked in a return station at a time of returning of the electric vehicle and that have power storage devices required to be charged, from (ii) the number of charging devices that are installed in the return station and that are configured to charge the power storage devices, the return station being a station to which the electric vehicle is returned among a plurality of stations serving as sites for renting electric vehicles; and a setting device configured to set the rental fee of the electric vehicle, wherein when the first difference is larger than a predetermined number, the setting device is configured to set the rental fee to be smaller than the rental fee set when the first difference is smaller than the predetermined number.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the setting device is configured to predict increase or decrease of the number of electric vehicles to be parked in the return station after the time of returning, and when the number of electric vehicles to be parked in the return station after the time of returning is predicted to be decreased, the setting device is configured to set the rental fee to be smaller than the rental fee set when the number of electric vehicles to be parked in the return station after the time of returning is predicted to be increased.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage is configured to further store a second difference, the second difference being obtained by subtracting (i) the number of electric vehicles parked at the time of returning from (ii) the number of electric vehicles that can be parked in the return station, and when the second difference is larger than a predetermined number, the setting device is configured to set the rental fee to be smaller than the rental fee set when the second difference is smaller than the predetermined number.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reservation receiving device configured to receive an reservation for renting the electric vehicle for a scheduled utilization period; and a notifying device configured to notify, in a closing period of the scheduled utilization period, a station which is included in a plurality of stations near the return station and for which the rental fee is predicted to be smaller than the rental fee set when the electric vehicle is returned to the return station.

5 . An information processing method for setting a rental fee of an electric vehicle in which a power storage device is mounted, the information processing method comprising:
storing a first difference, the first difference being obtained by subtracting (i) the number of electric vehicles that are parked in a return station at a time of returning of the electric vehicle and that have power storage devices required to be charged, from (ii) the number of charging devices that are installed in the return station and that are configured to charge the power storage devices, the return station being a station to which the electric vehicle is returned among a plurality of stations serving as sites for renting electric vehicles; setting the rental fee of the electric vehicle; and when the first difference is larger than a predetermined number, setting the rental fee to be smaller than the rental fee set when the first difference is smaller than the predetermined number.

6 . An information processing device for setting a rental fee of an electric vehicle in which a power storage device is mounted, the information processing device comprising a setting device configured to set the rental fee of the electric vehicle, wherein
the setting device is configured to obtain the number of charging devices installed in a return station and configured to charge the power storage device, the return station being a station to which the electric vehicle is returned among a plurality of stations serving as sites for renting electric vehicles, the setting device is configured to calculate a first difference, the first difference being obtained by subtracting (i) the number of electric vehicles that are parked in the return station at a time of returning of the electric vehicle and that have power storage devices required to be charged, from (ii) the number of the charging devices, and when the first difference is larger than a predetermined number, the setting device is configured to set the rental fee to be smaller than the rental fee set when the first difference is smaller than the predetermined number.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Igata Hiroshi
• Sakurada Shin
• Jinnai Kuniaki
• Hatta Motoyoshi
• Hirose Shota

Classifications

• G06Q30/0206 Primary

  Price or cost determination based on market factors · CPC title

• G06Q30/0235

  constrained by time limit or expiration date · CPC title

• G06Q30/0238

  at point-of-sale [POS] · CPC title

• G06Q30/0645

  Rental transactions; Leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06Q30/0223

  based on inventory · CPC title