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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023074531-A1
Application number	US-202217903082-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 6, 2022
Priority date	Sep 8, 2021
Publication date	Mar 9, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a controller derives, on the basis of a scheduled traveling route of a vehicle provided with a safekeeping apparatus storing baggage of a user and position information of the user, a rejoining point and a rejoining timing at which the vehicle and the user are capable of rejoining together. The controller also proposes the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising
a controller configured to execute: deriving, on a basis of a scheduled traveling route of a vehicle provided with a safekeeping apparatus storing baggage of a user and position information of the user, a rejoining point and a rejoining timing at which the vehicle and the user are capable of rejoining together; and proposing the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller derives the rejoining point and the rejoining timing if the user is present within a predetermined range from the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller further executes acquiring state information on a state of the user after the user leaves the baggage in the safekeeping apparatus, and proposes the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user if the state of the user indicated by the state information meets a predetermined condition.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the state information is biological information indicating a physical state of the user.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the state information is information on purchase of an article by the user.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the predetermined condition is a condition which is set in advance by the user.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller further executes generating a traveling plan of the vehicle for causing the vehicle to rejoin the user at the proposed rejoining point and rejoining timing if the controller receives request for rejoining at the proposed rejoining point and rejoining timing from the user after proposing the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller further executes, if the controller receives request for rejoining at a point or a timing different from the proposed rejoining point and rejoining timing from the user after proposing the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user, generating a traveling plan of the vehicle for causing the vehicle to rejoin the user at the rejoining point and the rejoining timing designated by the user.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller receives position information of the user from a user terminal carried by the user, and transmits the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user terminal.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle is a vehicle capable of autonomous traveling.

11 . An information processing method comprising:
deriving, on a basis of a scheduled traveling route of a vehicle provided with a safekeeping apparatus storing baggage of a user and position information of the user, a rejoining point and a rejoining timing at which the vehicle and the user are capable of rejoining together; and proposing the rejoining point and the rejoining timing to the user.

12 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein
the rejoining point and the rejoining timing are derived if the user is present within a predetermined range from the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising
acquiring state information on a state of the user after the user leaves the baggage in the safekeeping apparatus, wherein the rejoining point and the rejoining timing are proposed to the user if the state of the user indicated by the state information meets a predetermined condition.

14 . The information processing method according to claim 13 , wherein
the state information is biological information indicating a physical state of the user.

15 . The information processing method according to claim 13 , wherein
the state information is information on purchase of an article by the user.

16 . The information processing method according to claim 13 , wherein
the predetermined condition is a condition which is set in advance by the user.

17 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising
generating a traveling plan of the vehicle for causing the vehicle to rejoin the user at the proposed rejoining point and rejoining timing if request for rejoining at the proposed rejoining point and rejoining timing is received from the user after the rejoining point and the rejoining timing are proposed to the user.

18 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for controlling a user terminal carried by a user,
wherein the user is a user whose baggage is left in a safekeeping apparatus provided on a vehicle, and the program causes the user terminal to execute: transmitting position information of the user to an information processing apparatus that manages traveling of the vehicle; and receiving a rejoining point and a rejoining timing at which the vehicle and the user are capable of rejoining together from the information processing apparatus, the rejoining point and the rejoining timing being derived on a basis of a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle and the position information of the user.

19 . The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein
the rejoining point and the rejoining timing are derived in the information processing apparatus if the user is present within a predetermined range from the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle.

20 . The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein
the program causes the user terminal to further execute transmitting state information on a state of the user after the user leaves the baggage in the safekeeping apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and the rejoining point and the rejoining timing are transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the user terminal if the state of the user indicated by the state information meets a predetermined condition.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sasaki Tomo
• Yamada Kenichi
• Maeda Koki
• Okada Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• G06Q10/08355 Primary

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