IP Library Granted Patent US 11,993,182
Granted Patent B2
US 11,993,182 · App. 17/521,077 · Granted May 28, 2024

Management device, vehicle, management system, method, and storage medium storing a program

Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto (Kuwana, JP); Jun Ikeda (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/0273B60N2/0248B60R16/037B62D1/181
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Patent No.
US 11,993,182
App. No.
17/521,077
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A management device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire setting information for onboard equipment used by a user in a vehicle, vehicle model information for the vehicle, and identification information for the user, convert the setting information that has been acquired into new setting information based on the vehicle model information, and provide the new setting information to onboard equipment used by the user corresponding to the identification information in a new vehicle.

Claims (37)

1. A management device, comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire, from a first vehicle, first setting information for first onboard equipment used by a user in the first vehicle, first vehicle model information for the first vehicle, and identification information for the user;

in a case in which the user operates a second vehicle, acquire at least the identification information from the second vehicle;

convert the first setting information into second setting information for second onboard equipment used by the user in the second vehicle based on the at least the identification information;

provide the second setting information to the second onboard equipment;

acquire information regarding a movable range of the first onboard equipment as the first vehicle model information; and

convert the first setting information to the second setting information by applying a proportional ratio, defined as a parameter of the first setting information with respect to the movable range of the first onboard equipment, to a movable range of the second onboard equipment.

2. The management device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire second vehicle model information of the second vehicle; and

convert the first setting information into the second setting information by employing the second vehicle model information.

3. A vehicle, comprising:

the management device of claim 1 .

4. A management system, comprising:

the management device of claim 1 ; and

a plurality of the first vehicle, which perform communication with the management device,

the processor being configured to:

acquire the first vehicle model information, the first setting information, and the identification information from the plurality of first vehicles by communication with the plurality of first vehicles,

acquire second vehicle model information for the second vehicle and the identification information from second new vehicle by communication with the second vehicle, and

provide the second onboard equipment with the second setting information by communication with the second vehicle.

5. The management device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, after converting the first setting information to the second setting information and in a case in which a position of the second onboard equipment is modified by the user, correct a conversion logic for conversion to the second setting information.

6. The management device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to correct the conversion logic by an instruction for feedback from the user.

7. The management device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to correct the conversion logic in a case in which a result has been stored for a predetermined number of times, the result being that a same combination of the first vehicle model information and second vehicle model information and movement in a same movement direction of the second onboard equipment is stored.

8. A method by which a computer executes processing, the processing comprising:

acquisition processing to acquire, from a first vehicle, first setting information for first onboard equipment used by a user in the first vehicle, first vehicle model information for the first vehicle, and identification information for the user;

in a case in which the user operates a second vehicle, acquisition processing to acquire at least the identification information from the second vehicle;

conversion processing to convert the first setting information into second setting information for second onboard equipment used by the user in the second vehicle based on the at least the identification information;

provision processing to provide the second setting information to the second onboard equipment;

acquisition processing to acquire information regarding a movable range of the first onboard equipment as the first vehicle model information; and

conversion processing to convert the first setting information to the second setting information by applying a proportional ratio, defined as a parameter of the first setting information with respect to the movable range of the first onboard equipment, to a movable range of the second onboard equipment.

9. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:

acquisition processing to acquire, from a first vehicle, first setting information for first onboard equipment used by a user in the first vehicle, first vehicle model information for the first vehicle, and identification information for the user;

in a case in which the user operates a second vehicle, acquisition processing to acquire at least the identification information from the second vehicle;

conversion processing to convert the first setting information into second setting information for second onboard equipment used by the user in the second vehicle based on the at least the identification information;

provision processing to provide the second setting information to the second onboard equipment;

acquisition processing to acquire information regarding a movable range of the first onboard equipment as the first vehicle model information; and

conversion processing to convert the first setting information to the second setting information by applying a proportional ratio, defined as a parameter of the first setting information with respect to the movable range of the first onboard equipment, to a movable range of the second onboard equipment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2021
From: SUGIMOTO, TSUYOSHI; IKEDA, JUN
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058046/0408 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-215495 · Dec 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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