Information processing device and method of creating fee plan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023281683-A1
Application number	US-202318115903-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 1, 2023
Priority date	Mar 4, 2022
Publication date	Sep 7, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing device is an information processing device that outputs a fee plan indicating a fee required to use a vehicle or battery selected by a user, the information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires selection information specifying a selected object selected by the user; and a processing unit that outputs the fee plan, wherein when the selected object is eligible for a subsidy, the processing unit outputs an eligible plan as the fee plan, and in the eligible plan, the fee is set to a fixed amount of money in an initial predetermined period, and the fee is set to be lower than the fixed amount of money and to be decreased with passage of time after the predetermined period has passed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device that outputs a fee plan indicating a fee required to use a vehicle or battery selected by a user, the information processing device comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires selection information specifying a selected object selected by the user; and a processing unit that outputs the fee plan, wherein when the selected object is eligible for a subsidy, the processing unit outputs an eligible plan as the fee plan, and in the eligible plan, the fee is set to a fixed amount of money in an initial predetermined period, and the fee is set to be lower than the fixed amount of money and to be decreased with passage of time after the predetermined period has passed.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit, wherein
the storage unit stores an initial plan that does not take the subsidy into consideration with regard to the selected object, and when the selected object is an electrically powered vehicle and is an eligible vehicle that is eligible for the subsidy, the processing unit outputs the eligible plan by reducing a fee corresponding to the subsidy from the fee of the initial plan in the initial predetermined period so as to allow the fee to be the fixed amount of money in the initial predetermined period.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein in the initial plan, the fee in the initial predetermined period is set to be decreased with passage of time.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein when the selected vehicle is an electrically powered vehicle, the processing unit calculates the initial plan based on a residual value of a battery mounted on the electrically powered vehicle.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein in the initial plan, the fee in the initial predetermined period is fixed.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the acquisition unit acquires information about a disposal restriction period of the subsidy granted for the selected object, and the processing unit sets the initial predetermined period to be shorter than the disposal restriction period in the eligible plan.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the subsidy includes a first subsidy granted from a national government and a second subsidy granted from a local government, and when the selected object is an electrically powered vehicle, the processing unit outputs the eligible plan based on information about the first subsidy and the second subsidy to be granted.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein
the selection information includes primary location information indicating a primary location for use of the electrically powered vehicle, and address information indicating an address of the user, when the selected object is an electrically powered vehicle, the processing unit determines whether or not the second subsidy is to be granted based on the primary location information, the address information, and information about the second subsidy, and when the processing unit determines that the second subsidy is to be granted, the processing unit outputs the eligible plan.

9 . A method of creating a fee plan, the method comprising:
acquiring selection information about a vehicle or battery selected by a user; and outputting an eligible plan indicating a fee required to use a selected object selected by the user when the selected object is eligible for a subsidy, wherein in the eligible plan, the fee is set to an fixed amount of money in an initial predetermined period and the fee is set to be lower than the fixed amount of money and to be decreased with passage of time after the predetermined period has passed.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kotera Shinya
• Hamada Yu
• Manabe Shohei
• Sakuma Kazuyuki
• Sonehara Yuri
• Suzuki Shunichi
• Taniguchi Takuya
• Kawashima Kenta

Classifications

• G06Q50/40

  Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) · CPC title

• G06Q20/14 Primary

  specially adapted for billing systems · CPC title

• G06Q30/0284

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

• G06Q30/0645 Primary

  Rental transactions; Leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06Q30/06 Primary

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title