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Granted Patent B2
US 12,548,443 · App. 18/068,554 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Information processing device for managing operation of an on-demand bus, information processing method for managing operation of an on-demand bus, and information processing system for managing operation of an on-demand bus

Inventors: Toshiki Kashiwakura (Nagakute, JP); Takahiro Aoki (Nagoya, JP); Tsuyoshi Okada (Nagoya, JP); Hiromitsu Fujii (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/123G05B15/02G06Q50/40G06Q50/43G06Q50/47H04W4/029H04W4/42H04W4/44B60W60/00253B60W2300/10
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Patent No.
US 12,548,443
App. No.
18/068,554
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device of the present disclosure includes a control unit configured to control a plurality of output devices provided in an operation area of an on-demand bus. The control unit identifies a first output device close to a boarding place of the on-demand bus among the output devices. The control unit transmits a first command to output an indication of a bus stop of the on-demand bus to the first output device at a first timing that is earlier by a first time length than a boarding date of a user.

Claims (24)

1 . An information processing device comprising a control unit configured to:

identify a first output device close to a boarding place of an on-demand bus; and

transmit, to the first output device, a first command to output an indication of a bus stop of the on-demand bus;

wherein the control unit is configured to transmit the first command to the first output device when a terminal of a user expected to board the on-demand bus at the boarding place has entered a first area including the boarding place;

wherein the first output device is a signage device installed on a guardrail close to the boarding place, and

wherein the control unit is configured to transmit a command to output a sign indicating the bus stop to the signage device as the first command.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to transmit, to the first output device, a second command to stop output of the indication of the bus stop at a timing when the user has boarded the on-demand bus.

3 . An information processing device comprising a control unit configured to:

identify a first output device close to a boarding place of an on-demand bus; and

transmit, to the first output device, a first command to output an indication of a bus stop of the on-demand bus;

wherein the control unit is configured to transmit the first command to the first output device when a terminal of a user expected to board the on-demand bus at the boarding place has entered a first area including the boarding place,

wherein the first output device is a signage device attached to a shop close to the boarding place, and

wherein the control unit is configured to transmit a command to output a sign indicating the bus stop to the signage device as the first command.

4 . An information processing system comprising:

a plurality of output devices installed on and around, or on or around roads in an operation area of an on-demand bus; and

a server device connected to the output devices via a network,

wherein the server device is configured to:

identify a first output device close to a boarding place of the on-demand bus among the output devices; and

transmit, to the first output device, a first command to output an indication of a bus stop of the on-demand bus;

wherein the first output device is a first streetlight installed close to the boarding place, and

wherein the server device is configured to transmit, to the first streetlight as the first command, a command to turn ON the first streetlight in a manner different from manners of the other streetlights installed around the boarding place.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the server device is configured to transmit, to the first streetlight as the first command, a command to turn ON the first streetlight in a light color different from light colors of the other streetlights installed around the boarding place.

6 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the server device is configured to transmit, to the first streetlight as the first command, a command to turn the first streetlight intermittently ON when the other streetlights installed around the boarding place stay continuously ON.

7 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the server device is configured to transmit, to the first streetlight as the first command, a command to keep the first streetlight continuously ON or turn the first streetlight intermittently ON when the other streetlights installed around the boarding place stay continuously OFF.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: KASHIWAKURA, TOSHIKI; AOKI, TAKAHIRO; OKADA, TSUYOSHI; FUJII, HIROMITSU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062166/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-019805 · Feb 10, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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