IP Library Granted Patent US 12,307,896
Granted Patent B2
US 12,307,896 · App. 18/228,778 · Granted May 20, 2025

Control method, computer-readable medium, information processing device, and information providing method

Inventors: Takuma Iida (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Akihiko Iguchi (Osaka Fu, JP); Fumio Kosuge (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Tomohiro Terada (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Tomohiro Iwama (Kanagawa Ken, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
G08G1/143G08G1/0129G08G1/145
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Patent No.
US 12,307,896
App. No.
18/228,778
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control method is of an information processing device used for a parking lot management system. The control method causes a computer of the information processing device to perform: acquiring surrounding environment information of a parking location from the parking lot management system; determining a candidate parking location of a vehicle, based on the surrounding environment information; generating display information representing the candidate parking location to which the surrounding environment information is added; and causing a display unit of the information processing device to output the display information.

Claims (30)

1. A control method of an information processing device used for a parking lot management system, the control method causing a computer of the information processing device to perform:

acquiring surrounding environment information of a parking location from the parking lot management system;

acquiring vehicle use information indicating a purpose of use of a vehicle in the information processing device;

determining a candidate parking location of a vehicle, based on the surrounding environment information;

generating display information representing the candidate parking location to which the surrounding environment information is added; and

causing a display of the information processing device to output the display information,

wherein the surrounding environment information includes a parking rate for the candidate parking location set based on the vehicle use information and sales information of the vehicle.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which programmed instructions are stored, wherein the programmed instructions, when executed by a computer of the information processing device, cause the computer to perform the control method according to claim 1 .

3. A control method of an information processing device used for a parking lot management system, the control method causing a computer of the information processing device to perform:

acquiring surrounding environment information of a parking location from the parking lot management system;

acquiring vehicle use information indicating a purpose of use of a vehicle in the information processing device;

determining a candidate parking location of the vehicle, based on the surrounding environment information and the vehicle use information;

generating display information representing the candidate parking location together with the surrounding environment information according to the purpose of use of the vehicle; and

causing a display of the information processing device to output the display information,

wherein the surrounding environment information includes a parking rate for the candidate parking location set based on the vehicle use information, and

the surrounding environment information includes a parking rate for the candidate parking location, which is set based on a parking rate for the candidate parking location set by dynamic pricing and the parking rate for the candidate parking location set based on the vehicle use information.

4. The control method according to claim 3 , wherein

the determining of the candidate parking location comprises:

selecting a parameter for the surrounding environment information, based on the vehicle use information;

changing a coefficient of the parameter according to the vehicle use information; and

calculating a recommendation score for the candidate parking location, based on the selected parameter and the changed coefficient, and

the display information includes the recommendation score.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which programmed instructions are stored, wherein the programmed instructions, when executed by a computer of the information processing device, cause the computer to perform the control method according to claim 3 .

6. An information processing device used for a parking lot management system, wherein a computer of the information processing device performs the control method according to claim 3 .

7. An information providing method in a parking lot management system that manages a parking lot, the information providing method comprising:

acquiring vehicle use information indicating a purpose of use of a vehicle by a user at the parking lot set by an information terminal of the user;

acquiring surrounding environment information indicating a surrounding environment related to a parking location in the parking lot, the surrounding environment information being information that affects an activity of the user during a period in which the user parks the vehicle at the parking lot;

judging a candidate parking location of the vehicle at the parking lot that matches the surrounding environment information corresponding to the purpose of use, based on the surrounding environment information and the vehicle use information indicating the purpose of use of the vehicle; and

outputting display information indicating the judged candidate parking location to cause the information terminal to display it,

wherein the surrounding environment information includes at least one of noise information of the parking location, odor information of the parking location, or information on a presence or absence of a power source at the parking location.

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: IIDA, TAKUMA; IGUCHI, AKIHIKO; KOSUGE, FUMIO; TERADA, TOMOHIRO; IWAMA, TOMOHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065805/0149 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-051901 · Mar 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022014670 · Mar 25, 2022
Related Publication 20230394969A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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