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Granted Patent B2
US 12,128,782 · App. 17/826,175 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, program and vehicle

Inventors: Yu Nagata (Chofu, JP); Kazutaka Kimura (Mishima, JP); Tomokazu Maya (Nagoya, JP); Tsuyoshi Nishioka (Toyota, JP); Takaharu Tateishi (Nagoya, JP); Yuki Yamashita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/60B60L58/10G06Q10/02G06Q30/0209
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Patent No.
US 12,128,782
App. No.
17/826,175
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a control section. The control section predicts an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively, and determines a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value, and when the control section determines that one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, makes charging of the one user's vehicle wait in the time slot and provides an incentive to the one user.

Claims (80)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a control section configured to

predict an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively,

determine a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value,

determine whether or not one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of a relevant vehicle of the vehicles on a following day, based on information relating to transportation means of the one user for the following day, and

in response to determining that the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day,

make charging of the relevant vehicle wait in the time slot,

transmit control information to control the relevant vehicle to prevent the relevant vehicle from being fed with electricity from an electricity grid in response to the relevant vehicle being connected to the electricity grid in the time slot, and

provide an incentive to the one user, wherein

the control section is further configured to

in response to determining that the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, predict the transportation means for the following day based on a following-day schedule of the one user, and

set a game event related to the predicted transportation means.

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

the control section is configured to determine whether or not the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, based on the following-day schedule of the one user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control section is configured to change a content of the incentive according to the transportation means of the one user for the following day.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the control section is configured to set the incentive that is usable in a game related to the transportation means.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control section is configured to, in response to determining that the plurality of users have a strong tendency to use the respective vehicles on the following day, increase the incentive.

6. An information processing system, comprising:

the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ;

the vehicles that the plurality of users use, respectively; and

terminal devices that the plurality of users use, respectively.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing, when executed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing device to execute:

predicting an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively;

determining a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value;

determining whether or not one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of a relevant vehicle of the vehicles on a following day, based on information relating to transportation means of the one user for the following day; and

in response to determining that the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day,

making charging of the relevant vehicle wait in the time slot,

transmitting control information to control the relevant vehicle to prevent the relevant vehicle from being fed with electricity from an electricity grid in response to the relevant vehicle being connected to the electricity grid in the time slot, and

providing an incentive to the one user, wherein

the program further causes the information processing device to execute

in response to determining that the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, predicting the transportation means for the following day based on a following-day schedule of the one user, and

setting a game event related to the predicted transportation means.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the program according to claim 7 , wherein

the program causes the information processing device to execute determining whether or not the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, based on the following-day schedule of the one user.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the_program according to claim 7 , wherein

the program causes the information processing device to execute changing a content of the incentive according to the transportation means of the one user for the following day.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the program according to claim 9 , wherein

the program causes the information processing device to execute setting the incentive that is usable in a game related to the transportation means.

11. A vehicle, comprising:

a control section configured to

predict an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively,

determine a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value,

determine whether or not one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of a relevant vehicle of the vehicles on a following day, based on information relating to transportation means of the one user for the following day, and

in response to determining that the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day,

make charging of the relevant vehicle wait in the time slot,

transmit control information to control the relevant vehicle to prevent the relevant vehicle from being fed with electricity from an electricity grid in response to the relevant vehicle being connected to the electricity grid in the time slot, and

provide an incentive to the one user, wherein

the control section is further configured to

in response to determining that the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, predict the transportation means for the following day based on a following-day schedule of the one user, and

set a game event related to the predicted transportation means.

12. The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein

the control section is configured to determine whether or not the one user will refrain from the use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, based on the following-day schedule of the one user.

13. The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein

the control section is configured to change a content of the incentive according to the transportation means of the one user for the following day.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein

the control section is configured to set the incentive that is usable in a game related to the transportation means.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control section is configured to,

in response to the predicted transportation means being walking, set the game event for the one user to walk through a predetermined area within a predetermined period of time, and

in response to the predicted transportation means being public transportation, set the game event for the one user to move to a predetermined spot.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein

the public transportation includes a train, a bus, or a taxi, and

the predetermined spot includes a train station, a bus stop, or a taxi stand.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the program according to claim 7 , wherein

the program causes the information processing device to execute

in response to the predicted transportation means being walking, setting the game event for the one user to walk through a predetermined area within a predetermined period of time, and

in response to the predicted transportation means being public transportation, setting the game event for the one user to move to a predetermined spot.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing the program according to claim 17 , wherein

the public transportation includes a train, a bus, or a taxi, and

the predetermined spot includes a train station, a bus stop, or a taxi stand.

19. The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein

the control section is configured to,

in response to the predicted transportation means being walking, set the game event for the one user to walk through a predetermined area within a predetermined period of time, and

in response to the predicted transportation means being public transportation, set the game event for the one user to move to a predetermined spot.

20. The vehicle according to claim 19 , wherein

the public transportation includes a train, a bus, or a taxi, and

the predetermined spot includes a train station, a bus stop, or a taxi stand.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: NAGATA, YU; KIMURA, KAZUTAKA; MAYA, TOMOKAZU; NISHIOKA, TSUYOSHI; TATEISHI, TAKAHARU; YAMASHITA, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-104470 · Jun 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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