IP Library Granted Patent US 11,576,018
Granted Patent B2
US 11,576,018 · App. 17/201,787 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Information processing device, a recording medium and a method that enable sharing, among vehicles, of information about music that is being played back

Inventors: Josuke Yamane (Nisshin, JP); Naoya Oka (Nagakute, JP); Ryosuke Yamamoto (Nagoya, JP); Kaori Okuda (Gifu-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W4/46
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Patent No.
US 11,576,018
App. No.
17/201,787
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device is capable of being placed inside a vehicle. The information processing device includes a controller that is configured to transmit an acquisition request for first information about music that is being played back in a vehicle, in relation to a target vehicle among one or a plurality of vehicles existing in a periphery, receive the first information related to the target vehicle from a predetermined device possessing the first information related to the target vehicle, and output the first information related to the target vehicle. The predetermined device may be a first information processing device that is placed inside the target vehicle, or may be a predetermined server.

Claims (19)

1. An information processing device capable of being placed inside a first vehicle, the information processing device comprising a controller configured to:

transmit an acquisition request for information about music that is being played back in a vehicle, in relation to a second vehicle among one or a plurality of vehicles existing in a periphery through inter-vehicle communication, by multicast or broadcast;

receive, through the inter-vehicle communication, first information about music that is being played back in the second vehicle from a first information processing device that is placed inside the second vehicle;

output the first information;

transmit information about the second vehicle, together with the acquisition request related to the second vehicle;

receive, from a second information processing device, information about a target vehicle of the second information processing device and the acquisition request related to the target vehicle of the second information processing device; and

transmit, to the second information processing device, the second information about music that is being played back in the first vehicle where the information processing device is placed, in a case where the information about the target vehicle of the second information processing device indicates the first vehicle.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to output information indicating that the acquisition request for the information related to the first vehicle is received from the second information processing device.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to

acquire information about the second vehicle from a captured image including the second vehicle, and

transmit the information about the second vehicle, together with the acquisition request related to the second vehicle.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to operate as the information processing device according to claim 1 .

5. A method executed by an information processing device capable of being placed inside a first vehicle, the method comprising:

transmitting an acquisition request for information about music that is being played back in a vehicle, in relation to a second vehicle among one or a plurality of vehicles existing in a periphery through inter-vehicle communication, by multicast or broadcast;

receiving, through the inter-vehicle communication, first information about music that is being played back in the second vehicle from a first information processing device that is placed inside the second vehicle;

outputting the first information,

transmitting information about the second vehicle, together with the acquisition request related to the second vehicle;

receiving, from a second information processing device, information about a target vehicle of the second information processing device and the acquisition request related to the target vehicle of the second information processing device; and

transmitting, to the second information processing device, the second information about music that is being played back in the first vehicle where the information processing device is placed, in a case where the information about the target vehicle of the second information processing device indicates the first vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2021
From: YAMANE, JOSUKE; OKA, NAOYA; YAMAMOTO, RYOSUKE; OKUDA, KAORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055679/0371 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-052776 · Mar 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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