IP Library Granted Patent US 12,288,612
Granted Patent B2
US 12,288,612 · App. 18/312,056 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Yoshikazu Jikuhara (Miyoshi, JP); Seii Sai (Yokohama, JP); Ibuki Shimada (Miyoshi, JP); Takahiro Aoki (Saitama, JP); Keishi Kinoshita (Tokyo-to, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G16H40/20G06Q30/0208G06Q2240/00
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Patent No.
US 12,288,612
App. No.
18/312,056
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to, upon accepting appointments for health checkups from users, present the users with inquiry information inquiring of each user whether to be able to provide a parking place for a vehicle equipped with equipment to be used for the health checkups, and determine a parking place based on replies from the users to an inquiry indicated by the inquiry information.

Claims (35)

1. A system comprising an autonomous vehicle comprising equipment to be used for a health checkup, an information processing apparatus and a terminal apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to:

upon accepting an appointment for a health checkup from a user, present the user with inquiry information inquiring of the user whether the user is able to provide a parking place for the autonomous vehicle equipped with equipment to be used for the health checkup, by sending the inquiry information to the terminal apparatus;

receive, from the terminal apparatus, reply information that indicates a reply from the user to an inquiry indicated by the inquiry information, and

determine a parking place based on the reply;

wherein the inquiry information includes an inquiry as to whether the user is able to provide a power supply device to drive the equipment including at least one of a blood pressure monitor, a blood testing apparatus, an electrocardiogram X-ray imaging device, an ultrasound apparatus, a computed tomography (CT) apparatus, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus;

the terminal apparatus comprises a controller configured to:

output the inquiry information, accept the reply to the inquiry from the user, and send the reply information to the information processing apparatus;

wherein the information processing apparatus controls the autonomous vehicle to travel autonomously to the determined parking place based on the reply information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine to give an incentive to a user who has provided the parking place.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the parking place includes a parking space in a home of the user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the health checkup is performed in the vehicle parked in the parking place.

5. A method performed by a system comprising an autonomous vehicle comprising equipment to be used for a health checkup, an information processing apparatus, and a terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

upon accepting an appointment for a health checkup from a user, presenting the user with inquiry information inquiring of the user whether the user is able to provide a parking place for the autonomous vehicle equipped with equipment to be used for the health checkup, by sending the inquiry information to the terminal apparatus;

receiving, from the terminal apparatus, reply information that indicates a reply from the user to an inquiry indicated by the inquiry information; and

determining a parking place based on the reply;

wherein the inquiry information includes an inquiry as to whether the user is able to provide a power supply device to drive the equipment including at least one of a blood pressure monitor, a blood testing apparatus, an electrocardiogram X-ray imaging device, an ultrasound apparatus, a computed tomography (CT) apparatus, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus;

the method further comprises outputting the inquiry information,

accepting the reply to the inquiry from the user, and

sending the reply information to the information processing apparatus;

wherein the method further comprises controlling the autonomous vehicle to travel autonomously to the determined parking place based on the reply information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising determining to give an incentive to a user who has provided the parking place.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the parking place includes a parking space in a home of the user.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the health checkup is performed in the vehicle parked in the parking place.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

upon accepting an appointment for a health checkup from a user, presenting the user with inquiry information inquiring of the user whether the user is able to provide a parking place for an autonomous vehicle equipped with equipment to be used for the health checkup, by sending the inquiry information to a terminal apparatus;

receiving, from the terminal apparatus, reply information that indicates a reply from the user to an inquiry indicated by the inquiry information; and

determining a parking place based on the reply;

wherein the inquiry information includes an inquiry as to whether the user is able to provide a power supply device to drive the equipment including at least one of a blood pressure monitor, a blood testing apparatus, an electrocardiogram X-ray imaging device, an ultrasound apparatus, a computed tomography (CT) apparatus, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus;

the operations further comprising outputting the inquiry information,

accepting the reply to the inquiry from the user, and

sending the reply information to the information processing apparatus;

wherein the operations further comprise controlling the autonomous vehicle to travel autonomously to the determined parking place based on the reply information.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise determining to give an incentive to a user who has provided the parking place.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the parking place includes a parking space in a home of the user.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the health checkup is performed in the vehicle parked in the parking place.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2023
From: JIKUHARA, YOSHIKAZU; SAI, SEII; SHIMADA, IBUKI; AOKI, TAKAHIRO; KINOSHITA, KEISHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-076659 · May 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230360785A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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