IP Library Granted Patent US 12676032
Granted Patent B2
US 12676032 · App. 18/745,474 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Information processing device for vehicle

Inventor: Kosuke Ohashi (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G07C5/008
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12676032
App. No.
18/745,474
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device for a vehicle includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire vehicle location information that is information indicating a location of the vehicle, periodically transmit the acquired vehicle location information to a server, and change a transmission interval at which the vehicle location information is transmitted to the server in accordance with a speed range in which a speed of the vehicle is. The speed range is one of at least a first speed range and a second speed range in which a speed of the vehicle is higher than in the first speed range. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the transmission interval in the second speed range to be longer than the transmission interval in the first speed range.

Claims (18)

1 . An information processing device for a vehicle, comprising:

processing circuitry that is configured to

acquire vehicle location information that is information indicating a location of the vehicle,

periodically transmit the acquired vehicle location information to a server, and

change a transmission interval at which the vehicle location information is transmitted to the server in accordance with a speed range in which a speed of the vehicle is, wherein

the speed range is one of at least a first speed range and a second speed range in which the speed of the vehicle is higher than in the first speed range,

the processing circuitry is configured to cause the transmission interval in the second speed range to be longer than the transmission interval in the first speed range,

the information processing device further comprises a storage that stores multiple modes in which the transmission interval is set to be longer for a mode corresponding to a higher speed range, and

the processing circuitry is configured to change the transmission interval by selecting a mode corresponding to the speed range in which the speed of the vehicle is from the multiple modes.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple modes include a lowest-speed mode corresponding to a lowest-speed range, and

the processing circuitry is configured to stop transmitting the acquired vehicle location information to the server when the speed of the vehicle has continued to be in a speed range in which the lowest-speed mode should be selected for a certain period of time.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transmit information regarding a selected mode to the server together with the acquired vehicle location information.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a navigation device configured to set a guidance route to a destination, wherein

the multiple modes include a high-speed mode corresponding to a highest speed range, and

the processing circuitry is configured to, in a case in which a guidance route to a destination is set by the navigation device,

select the high-speed mode when the navigation device recognizes that the vehicle is traveling on an expressway, and

not select the high-speed mode when the navigation device recognizes that the vehicle is not traveling on an expressway.