IP Library Granted Patent US 12,280,793
Granted Patent B2
US 12,280,793 · App. 18/218,653 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Inventors: Haruko Terai (Osaka, JP); Akira Matsubara (Osaka, JP); Gentaro Takeda (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
B60W50/16B60W30/06B60W30/146G08G1/168B60W2050/143B60W2050/146B60W2556/10
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Patent No.
US 12,280,793
App. No.
18/218,653
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores first detection object information; and a processor that acquires second detection object information, in which the processor determines whether an undetected object that has not been detected in the first parking is present, based on the first detection object information and the second detection object information, and changes an aspect of the notification when the undetected object is present.

Claims (80)

1. An information processing apparatus performing notification to a user of a vehicle when an object is detected around a parking space, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage that stores first detection object information around the parking space in a first parking; and

a processor that acquires second detection object information around the parking space in a second parking performed after the first parking, wherein

the first parking is performed by manual driving,

the second parking is performed by automatic parking based on the first parking, and

the processor

determines whether an undetected object that was not detected in the first parking is detected in the second parking, based on the first detection object information and the second detection object information, and

changes an aspect of the notification when the undetected object, that was not detected during the first parking performed by the manual driving, is detected in the second parking performed by the automatic parking.

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

the processor changes the aspect of the notification to a second aspect different from a first aspect of the notification when the undetected object is detected.

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

the processor

determines whether the undetected object includes a human or an animal when the undetected object is detected,

executes the notification in a first aspect when the undetected object includes the human or the animal, and

executes the notification in a second aspect when the undetected object does not include the human or the animal, wherein

the first aspect includes a degree of calling for attention from the user that is greater than that in the second aspect.

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

the processor executes the notification in a third aspect in which the degree of calling for attention from the user is less than that in the second aspect when the undetected object is not detected in the second parking.

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

the notification is output of a sound, and

the aspect is a volume of the sound.

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

the notification is display of an image, and

the aspect is a type of the image.

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

the notification is vibration of equipment touched by the user, and

the aspect is an intensity of the vibration.

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

the processor performs control for reducing a speed of the vehicle when the undetected object is detected in the second parking.

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

the information processing apparatus is an apparatus mounted in the vehicle.

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

the information processing apparatus is a mobile terminal used by the user of the vehicle.

11. An information processing apparatus that communicates with a mobile terminal that performs notification to a user of a vehicle when an object is detected around a parking space, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage that stores first detection object information around the parking space in a first parking; and

a processor that acquires second detection object information around the parking space in a second parking performed after the first parking, wherein

the first parking is performed by manual driving,

the second parking is performed by automatic parking based on the first parking,

the processor determines whether an undetected object that was not detected in the first parking is detected in the second parking, based on the first detection object information and the second detection object information, and

the information processing apparatus causes the mobile terminal to change an aspect of the notification when the undetected object, that was not detected during the first parking performed by the manual driving, is detected in the second parking performed by the automatic parking.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the information processing apparatus transmits, to the mobile terminal, change information for changing, in the mobile terminal, the aspect of the notification to a second aspect different from a first aspect of the notification, when the undetected object is detected.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the processor determines whether the undetected object includes a human or an animal when the undetected object is detected,

the information processing apparatus

transmits, to the mobile terminal, first change information for executing the notification in a first aspect when the undetected object includes the human or the animal, and

transmits, to the mobile terminal, second change information for executing the notification in a second aspect when the undetected object does not include the human or the animal, and

the first aspect includes a degree of calling for attention from the user that is greater than that in the second aspect.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the information processing apparatus transmits, to the mobile terminal, third change information for executing the notification in a third aspect in which the degree of calling for attention from the user is less than that in the second aspect, when the undetected object is not detected in the second parking.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the notification is output of a sound, and

the aspect is a volume of the sound.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the notification is display of an image, and

the aspect is a type of the image.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the notification is vibration of equipment touched by the user, and

the aspect is an intensity of the vibration.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the processor performs control for reducing a speed of the vehicle when the undetected object is detected in the second parking.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the information processing apparatus is an apparatus mounted in the vehicle.

20. An information processing method executed by an apparatus that performs notification to a user of a vehicle when an object is detected around a parking space, the information processing method comprising:

storing first detection object information around the parking space in a first parking, the first parking being performed by manual driving;

acquiring second detection object information around the parking space in a second parking performed after the first parking, the second parking being performed by automatic parking based on the first parking;

determining whether an undetected object that was not detected in the first parking is detected in the second parking, based on the first detection object information and the second detection object information; and

changing an aspect of the notification when the undetected object, that was not detected during the first parking performed by the manual driving, is detected in the second parking performed by the automatic parking.

21. An information processing method executed by an apparatus that communicates with a mobile terminal that performs notification to a user of a vehicle when an object is detected around a parking space, the information processing method comprising:

storing first detection object information around the parking space in a first parking, the first parking being performed by manual driving;

acquiring second detection object information around the parking space in a second parking performed after the first parking, the second parking being performed by automatic parking based on the first parking;

determining whether an undetected object that was not detected in the first parking is detected in the second parking, based on the first detection object information and the second detection object information; and

transmitting, to the mobile terminal, information for changing an aspect of the notification performed by the mobile terminal when the undetected object, that was not detected during the first parking performed by the manual driving, is detected in the second parking performed by the automatic parking.

22. An information processing apparatus performing notification to a user of a vehicle when an object is detected around a parking space, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage that stores first detection object information around the parking space in a first parking; and

a processor that acquires second detection object information around the parking space in a second parking performed after the first parking, wherein

the first parking is performed by manual driving,

the second parking is performed by automatic parking based on the first parking, and

the processor

changes an aspect of the notification when an undetected object, that was not detected during the first parking performed by the manual driving, is detected in the second parking performed by the automatic parking.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: TERAI, HARUKO; MATSUBARA, AKIRA; TAKEDA, GENTARO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065787/0158 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-110554 · Jul 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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