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Granted Patent B2
US 12,546,609 · App. 18/410,033 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Notification device, notification method, and storage medium

Inventor: Koji Tohmiya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
G01C21/3407H04L12/1818H04W68/02
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Patent No.
US 12,546,609
App. No.
18/410,033
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A notification device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a destination to which a mobile body moves and an estimated arrival time of the mobile body arriving at the destination; a meeting determination unit that determines whether or not a user boarding the mobile body participates in an electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body; and a notification control unit that compares, when the user participates in the electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body, a scheduled end time of the electronic meeting with the estimated arrival time, and controls the notification unit to execute notification based on a comparison result.

Claims (32)

1 . A notification device, comprising a processor that is configured to:

acquire a destination to which a mobile body moves and an estimated arrival time of the mobile body arriving at the destination;

determine whether or not a user boarding the mobile body participates in an electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body;

perform notification to the user and outputs information to an external device that performs processing related to the electronic meeting;

compare, when the user participates in the electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body, a scheduled end time of the electronic meeting with the estimated arrival time, and controls to execute notification based on a comparison result; and

search for a parking place that matches a condition in an area of a prescribed size including the destination, the condition including that the mobile body can be parked and that a communication state of wireless communication used by the user to participate in the electronic meeting satisfies a preset standard and,

when the parking place that matches the condition is present, does not perform the notification, and

when the parking place that matches the conditions is not present and when the estimated arrival time is earlier than the scheduled end time of the electronic meeting, execute the notification.

2 . The notification device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the parking place that matches the condition is present, the processor displays a parking place guide screen that guides a position of the parking place.

3 . The notification device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to search for a first moving route to the destination based on a prescribed search condition, and

when the estimated arrival time in a case of moving along the first moving route is earlier than the scheduled end time of the electronic meeting, the processor is configured to search for a second moving route along which the mobile body arrives at the destination at time that is later than the scheduled end time of the electronic meeting, and to perform notification related to the second moving route.

4 . The notification device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the communication state of wireless communication used by the user to participate in the electronic meeting, and

when it is determined that the communication state in the first moving route or the second moving route is poor, the processor is configured to search for a third moving route better in the communication state of the wireless communication, and to perform notification related to the third moving route.

5 . The notification device according to claim 4 , wherein

even when an input of the user indicating that the user does not use the third moving route is accepted, the processor is configured to notify a determination result of the communication state.

6 . A notification method executed by a computer, comprising:

acquiring a destination to which a mobile body moves and an estimated arrival time of the mobile body arriving at the destination;

determining whether or not a user boarding the mobile body participates in an electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body;

comparing, when the user participates in the electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body, a scheduled end time of the electronic meeting with the estimated arrival time, and executing notification based on a comparison result; and

searching for a parking place that matches a condition in an area of a prescribed size including the destination, the condition including that the mobile body can be parked and that a communication state of wireless communication used by the user to participate in the electronic meeting satisfies a preset standard, and

when the parking place that matches the condition is present, the notification is not performed, and

when the parking place that matches the conditions is not present and when the estimated arrival time is earlier than the scheduled end time of the electronic meeting, the notification is executed.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to:

acquire a destination to which a mobile body moves and an estimated arrival time of the mobile body arriving at the destination;

determine whether or not a user boarding the mobile body participates in an electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body;

perform notification to the user and outputs information to an external device that performs processing related to the electronic meeting; and

compare, when the user participates in the electronic meeting during movement of the mobile body, a scheduled end time of the electronic meeting with the estimated arrival time, and controls unit to execute notification based on a comparison result;

search for a parking place that matches a condition in an area of a prescribed size including the destination, the condition including that the mobile body can be parked and that a communication state of wireless communication used by the user to participate in the electronic meeting satisfies a preset standard, and

when the parking place that matches the condition is present, does not perform the notification, and

when the parking place that matches the conditions is not present and when the estimated arrival time is earlier than the scheduled end time of the electronic meeting, execute the notification.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: TOHMIYA, KOJI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066097/0872 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-042117 · Mar 16, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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