Information processing apparatus and information processing method for securing providing vehicle driver information

Inventor: Ryota Osumi (Nagoya, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B60W40/08 B60W50/14 B60W2040/0809 B60W2540/215

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Patent No.: US 12662129
App. No.: 18/469,280
Granted: Jun 23, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus to be mounted on a first vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: determine whether there is a record of consent, expressed in the past, from a driver of the first vehicle for acquisition, by an external apparatus, of first data acquired by the first vehicle during traveling, and issue an inquiry to the driver, in a case where there does not exist the record of the driver giving the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus, as to whether the driver gives the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus or not.

Claims (32)

1 . An information processing apparatus to be mounted on a first vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to:

determine whether there is a record of consent, expressed in the past, from a driver of the first vehicle for acquisition, by an external apparatus, of first data acquired by the first vehicle during traveling, and

in response to the record of the driver giving consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus existing,

transmit the first data to the external apparatus;

in response to a lapse of a predetermined period of time from when the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus was given by the driver,

issue an inquiry again to the driver, the inquiry inquiring whether or not the driver gives the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus;

in response to a record of the driver refusing acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus,

prohibit issuance of the inquiry and the transmission of the first data to the external apparatus,

in response to an absence of the record of the driver giving the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus,

prohibit issuance of the inquiry and the transmission of the first data to the external apparatus, and

issue the inquiry to the driver;

wherein the predetermined period of time is determined based on frequency of the driver driving the first vehicle, and is set greater as the frequency of the driver driving the first vehicle is higher.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller identifies the driver based on biometric information acquired from a sensor provided in the first vehicle.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller identifies the driver based on driving operation data acquired from an electronic control unit provided in the first vehicle.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first data includes data about an occupant of the first vehicle.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first data includes data about traveling of the first vehicle that is driven by the driver.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a database configured to store, in association with the driver, presence/absence of the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus.

7 . An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus to be mounted on a first vehicle, the information processing method comprising:

determining whether there is a record of consent, expressed in the past, from a driver of the first vehicle for acquisition, by an external apparatus, of first data acquired by the first vehicle during traveling;

in response to the record of the driver giving the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus existing,

transmitting the first data to the external apparatus;

in response to a lapse of a predetermined period of time from when the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus was given by the driver,

issuing an inquiry again to the driver whether or not the driver gives the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus;

in response to a record of the driver refusing acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus,

prohibiting issuance of the inquiry and the transmission of the first data to the external apparatus;

in response to an absence of the record of the driver giving the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus,

prohibiting issuance of the inquiry and transmission of the first data to the external apparatus, and issuing the inquiry to the driver;

8 . The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising identifying the driver based on biometric information acquired from a sensor provided in the first vehicle.

9 . The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising identifying the driver based on driving operation data acquired from an electronic control unit provided in the first vehicle.

10 . The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the first data includes data about an occupant of the first vehicle.

11 . The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the first data includes data about traveling of the first vehicle that is driven by the driver.