Information processing apparatus, system, and in-vehicle device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021284103-A1
Application number	US-202117149237-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 14, 2021
Priority date	Mar 11, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A controller is provided which performs extracting a post related to a vehicle washing machine from posts to a social networking service, and transmitting, to a terminal of a user using the social networking service, information on a position of the vehicle washing machine and a type of the vehicle washing machine specified based on the extracted post.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing apparatus including a controller configured to perform:
extracting a post related to a vehicle washing machine from posts to a social networking service; and transmitting, to a terminal of a user using the social networking service, information on a position of the vehicle washing machine and information on a type of the vehicle washing machine specified based on the post thus extracted.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller specifies the position of the vehicle washing machine based on position information associated with the extracted post.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller specifies the position of the vehicle washing machine based on position information of a vehicle that is associated with the user and corresponds to the extracted post.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on information on the type of the vehicle washing machine included in the extracted post.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium configured to store a relation between data detected by a sensor mounted on a vehicle associated with the user and the type of the vehicle washing machine; wherein the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on the data detected by the sensor mounted on the vehicle corresponding to the extracted post.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor is a camera, and the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on an image photographed by the camera.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor is a vibration sensor, and the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on a detection value of the vibration sensor.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor is a microphone for detecting sound, and the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on a detection value of the microphone.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the non-transitory storage medium further stores a relation between the data detected by the sensor mounted on the vehicle and an evaluation of the vehicle washing machine, and the controller transmits the evaluation of the vehicle washing machine based on the data detected by the sensor to the terminal of the user.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller transmits an evaluation of the vehicle washing machine generated based on the extracted post to the terminal of the user.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller transmits, to the terminal of the user, a command to display the position of the vehicle washing machine and the type of the vehicle washing machine on a map displayed on a screen of the terminal of the user.

12 . A system comprising:
a terminal of a user capable of using a social networking service; and a server with a controller configured to manage the social networking service; wherein the controller performs: extracting a post related to a vehicle washing machine from posts submitted from the terminal of the user to the social networking service; and transmitting, to the terminal of the user using the social networking service, information on a position of the vehicle washing machine and information on a type of the vehicle washing machine specified based on the post thus extracted.

13 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller specifies the position of the vehicle washing machine based on position information associated with the extracted post.

14 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller specifies the position of the vehicle washing machine based on position information of a vehicle that is associated with the user and corresponds to the extracted post.

15 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on information on the type of the vehicle washing machine included in the extracted post.

16 . The system according to claim 12 , further comprising a vehicle associated with the user and having a sensor mounted thereon,
wherein the server further comprises a non-transitory storage medium configured to store a relation between data detected by the sensor and the type of the vehicle washing machine; and the controller specifies the type of the vehicle washing machine based on the data detected by the sensor mounted on the vehicle corresponding to the extracted post.

17 . The system according to claim 16 , wherein
the non-transitory storage medium further stores a relation between the data detected by the sensor mounted on the vehicle and an evaluation of the vehicle washing machine; and the controller transmits, to the terminal of the user, the evaluation of the vehicle washing machine based on the data detected by the sensor.

18 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller transmits, to the terminal of the user, an evaluation of the vehicle washing machine generated based on the extracted post.

19 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller transmits, to the terminal of the user, a command to display the position of the vehicle washing machine and the type of the vehicle washing machine on a map displayed on a screen of the terminal of the user.

20 . An in-vehicle device comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a situation of a vehicle or a situation around the vehicle, which changes during vehicle washing by a vehicle washing machine; and a controller configured to transmit a detection value of the sensor to a server, in cases where it is determined based on a detection value of the sensor that the vehicle washing by the vehicle washing machine is being performed.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamane Josuke
• Oka Naoya
• Yamamoto Ryosuke
• Okuda Kaori

Classifications

• H04L67/52 Primary

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• H04L67/51

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• B60S3/04 Primary

  for exteriors of land vehicles {(B60S3/002, B60S3/004 take precedence; specially adapted for railway vehicles B60S3/006)} · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title