IP Library Granted Patent US 12687404
Granted Patent B2
US 12687404 · App. 18/810,681 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Information processing device

Inventors: Yu Nagata (Chofu, JP); Takehira Ota (Inazawa, JP); Daisuke Tanizaki (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01C21/3682G01C21/3697
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12687404
App. No.
18/810,681
Filed
Aug 21, 2024
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3665
USPC
701/438
Abstract

A control unit of the information processing device acquires a category to which a destination facility, namely a destination of a user, belongs. Further, the control unit of the information processing device acquires attributes of one or a plurality of facilities belonging to a category related to a category to which the destination facility belongs. The control unit of the information processing device determines one or a plurality of proposed facilities for proposing a visit to the user from one or a plurality of facilities according to attributes of the one or a plurality of facilities. Then, the control unit of the information processing device outputs proposal information for proposing a visit to the determined one or more proposed facilities to the user terminal.

Claims (26)

1 . An information processing device comprising a processor configured to:

receive first information on a first facility as a destination of a user from a user terminal;

generate a traveling route of a vehicle in accordance with the first information;

acquire a first category to which the first facility belongs, in accordance with the first information;

acquire a second category and a third category corresponding to the first category;

acquire a rank preset for the second category;

acquire a rank preset for the third category;

acquire, from a corresponding information database, an attribute corresponding to the second category;

acquire, from the corresponding information database, an attribute corresponding to the third category;

search for a plurality of second facilities that belong to the second category, the second facilities being located within a predetermined range from the traveling route;

search for a plurality of third facilities that belong to the third category, the third facilities being located within the predetermined range from the traveling route;

determine a priority order as to whether to preferentially propose to the user to visit the second facilities or to visit the third facilities based on the rank preset for the second category, the rank preset for the third category, the attribute associated with the second category, and the attribute corresponding to the third category;

determine, from the second facilities and the third facilities, one or more facilities to be proposed to the user to visit, according to the determined priority order; and

output, to the user terminal, second information on a visit of the user to the determined one or more facilities, wherein

the processor is further configured to set the priority order higher for a supermarket closer to the first facility among a plurality of supermarkets that the processor searches for as the second facilities in a case where the first category is a camp place, the second category is a supermarket, the third category is a home improvement store, the attribute corresponding to the second category is a location, and the rank preset for the second category is higher than the rank preset for the third category.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the second category includes a size of each of the second facilities.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the second category includes a price of a product or service provided at each of the second facilities.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an attribute as a parameter that the processor determines the one or more facilities to be proposed to the user to visit according to at least one of the second category and the third category; and

determine the one or more facilities to be proposed to the user to visit from the second facilities and third facilities according to the determined attribute.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the third category includes a size of each of the third facilities.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the third category includes a price of a product or service provided at each of the third facilities.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the second category includes a popularity level of the second facilities.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the third category includes a popularity level of the third facilities.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the popularity level of the second facilities is determined according to a questionnaire result of a plurality of users using the second facilities.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the popularity level of the third facilities is determined according to a questionnaire result of a plurality of users using the third facilities.