Vehicle assessment method and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023153851-A1
Application number	US-202217945681-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 15, 2022
Priority date	Nov 15, 2021
Publication date	May 18, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Vehicle information on a target vehicle and market information on resale prices or assessed prices of same-type vehicles are acquired. Which one of an average vehicle, a point-addition vehicle, and a point-deduction vehicle corresponds to the target vehicle is determined, and an average assessed price of the same-type vehicles in a distance range is specified. When the target vehicle is the average vehicle, the average assessed price of the same-type vehicles is set as an assessed value for the target vehicle. When the target vehicle is the point-addition vehicle, a price higher than the average assessed price of the same-type vehicles is set as the assessed value. When the target vehicle is the point-deduction vehicle, a price lower than the average assessed price of the same-type vehicles is set as the assessed value. The set assessed price of the target vehicle is output.

First claim

What it claimed is:

1 . A vehicle assessment method for assessing a target vehicle, the vehicle assessment method comprising:
(A) a step of acquiring vehicle information on the target vehicle, the vehicle information including a travel distance of the target vehicle, and market information on resale prices or assessed prices of same-type vehicles as vehicles of the same vehicle type as the target vehicle; (B) a step of determining, based on the vehicle information, which one of an average vehicle, a point-addition vehicle, and a point-deduction vehicle corresponds to the target vehicle and specifying, based on the market information on the same-type vehicles, an average assessed price of the same-type vehicles in a distance range to which the travel distance of the target vehicle belongs; (C) a step of setting the average assessed price of the same-type vehicles as an assessed price for the target vehicle when the target vehicle is the average vehicle, setting a price higher than the average assessed price of the same-type vehicles as the assessed price for the target vehicle when the target vehicle is the point-addition vehicle, and setting a price lower than the average assessed price of the same-type vehicles as the assessed price for the target vehicle when the target vehicle is the point-deduction vehicle; and (D) a step of outputting the assessed price of the target vehicle.

2 . The vehicle assessment method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the step (B), which one of the average vehicle, the point-addition vehicle, and the point-deduction vehicle corresponds to the target vehicle is determined based on at least one of a frequency of use of the target vehicle, a maintenance history of the target vehicle, an unwarmed operation state of an engine of the target vehicle, an idling time of the engine of the target vehicle, the number of times that an absolute value of acceleration of the target vehicle becomes larger than an acceleration threshold, the number of times of stationary steering of a steering wheel of the target vehicle, the number of times of parking of the target vehicle in sloped areas, the number of times of a shift operation of the target vehicle in a direction reverse to an advancing direction of the target vehicle, the number of times of the shift operation of the target vehicle with a steering-wheel operation, a use temperature history of a power storage device of the target vehicle, and an aging state of each part of the target vehicle.

3 . The vehicle assessment method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the step (A), upon receipt of a request of assessment of the target vehicle, the vehicle information on the target vehicle and the market information on the same-type vehicles are acquired.

4 . The vehicle assessment method according to claim 1 , further comprising (E) a step of, based on the market information, setting a future assessed price range of the target vehicle, wherein, in the step (D), in addition to the assessed price of the target vehicle, the future assessed price range and an upper limit of the future assessed price range are output, or the future assessed price range or the upper limit of the future assessed price range is output.

5 . The vehicle assessment method according to claim 4 , further comprising (F) a step of providing an advice such that a future assessed price of the target vehicle approaches the upper limit of the future assessed price range.

6 . The vehicle assessment method according to claim 1 , further comprising (F) a step of providing an advice such that the target vehicle is maintained to be the point-addition vehicle in future or the target vehicle turns from the average vehicle or the point-deduction vehicle to the point-addition vehicle.

7 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a vehicle assessment program causing one or more computers to execute each of the steps of the vehicle assessment method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogawa Yohei
• Tahara Jun

Classifications

• G06Q30/0206 Primary

  Price or cost determination based on market factors · CPC title

• G06Q30/0283

  Price estimation or determination · CPC title

• G06Q30/0278 Primary

  Product appraisal · CPC title

• G06Q30/0284

  Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters · CPC title