IP Library Granted Patent US 12687606
Granted Patent B2
US 12687606 · App. 18/764,765 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Information processing system

Inventors: Masaru Takada (Toyota, JP); Kazumi Aono (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Okeda (Nagoya, JP); Toru Furusawa (Yokohama, JP); Xiao Shao (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01S7/003G01S13/931G06V20/58G06V40/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12687606
App. No.
18/764,765
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system including a plurality of moving objects and an information processing device, wherein the plurality of moving objects include a communication device capable of communication using terahertz waves, and the information processing device includes a control unit configured to transmit a sensing request to a first moving object, receive a sensing result including a detection position of a detection object from the first moving object, and notify a second moving object of information related to the position of the predetermined user when the sensing result is a result of detecting a predetermined user, wherein the sensing by the first moving object is sensing using terahertz waves by the transmission and reception apparatus.

Claims (21)

1 . An information processing system comprising a plurality of moving objects and an information processing device, wherein

each of the moving objects includes a communication device configured to perform communication using a terahertz wave,

the information processing device includes a control unit configured to:

transmit a sensing request to a first moving object;

receive, from the first moving object, a sensing result including a detection position of a detected object; and

when the sensing result is a result of detection of a predetermined user, notify a second moving object about information related to a position of the predetermined user,

sensing by the first moving object is sensing using the terahertz wave by the communication device, and

the control unit is further configured to:

acquire first position information indicating the position of the predetermined user;

select a moving object to be moved to the position of the predetermined user as the second moving object;

transmit the sensing request to the first moving object when the second moving object is located within a predetermined range from the first position information;

acquire, based on the sensing result, second position information that is position information of the predetermined user with a higher accuracy than an accuracy of the first position information; and

search for a route from a current position of the second moving object to a position indicated by the second position information in consideration of a side of a road where the position indicated by the second position information is present, and notify the second moving object about the route obtained by searching.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication device is a mobile communication device to be used for mobile communication.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to:

acquire a user equipment identifier associated with the predetermined user;

acquire a position of user equipment having the user equipment identifier from a position information server; and

when the sensing result is a result of detection of a person and the detection position is included in a range of the position of the user equipment, determine that the sensing result is the result of the detection of the predetermined user.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sensing by the first moving object includes sensing by a camera; and

the control unit is configured to determine that the sensing result is the result of the detection of the predetermined user when a feature amount of the detected object obtained from the sensing result agrees with a prestored feature amount of the predetermined user.