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Granted Patent B2
US 12,586,471 · App. 18/690,339 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

Inventors: Aki Hayashi (Musashino, JP); Yuki Yokohata (Musashino, JP); Kohei Mori (Musashino, JP); Takahiro Hata (Musashino, JP); Kazuaki Obana (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
G08G1/20G08G1/0125
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Patent No.
US 12,586,471
App. No.
18/690,339
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a travel request acquisition unit that acquires travel request information for requesting travel permission of a specific road by a first vehicle, a number-of-vehicles acquisition unit that acquires a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road, a determination unit that determines traveling availability on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road, and a transmission unit that transmits information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

Claims (38)

1 . An information processing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor connected to the memory,

wherein the memory stores a specific road and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road with each other, and

the processor is configured to:

acquire travel request information for requesting travel permission of the specific road by a first vehicle;

acquire a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road;

determine traveling availability of the specific road by the first vehicle on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and the appropriate number of vehicles stored in the memory; and

transmit information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the travel request information includes information indicating a travel section and a scheduled travel time zone of the first vehicle in the specific road,

the processor is configured to acquire a number of scheduled traveling vehicles indicating a number of the second vehicles scheduled to travel in the travel section in the scheduled travel time zone, and

the processor is configured to determine the traveling availability on a basis of the number of scheduled traveling vehicles and the appropriate number of vehicles.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to identify the second vehicle caused to terminate travel on the specific road, or determine travel disapproval for the first vehicle on a basis of a priority set for each vehicle in a case where the number of traveling vehicles is equal to or larger than the appropriate number of vehicles, and

the processor is configured to transmit instruction information instructing termination of travel on the specific road to the second vehicle identified, or transmit information indicating the determination result indicating the travel disapproval to the first vehicle.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the priority is set according to a payment amount for travel on the specific road.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit information inquiring whether to increase the payment amount to the second vehicle or the first vehicle before the instruction information is transmitted to the second vehicle or before information indicating the determination result indicating the travel disapproval is transmitted to the first vehicle.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit, to the second vehicle, information indicating a reward amount obtained in a case where travel on the specific road is terminated.

7 . A traveling lane adjustment system, comprising:

one or more vehicles including the first vehicle; and

a traveling lane adjustment device configured with a transmitter and an information processing device according to claim 1 , where the information processing device transmits, via the transmitter, the information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle over a communication network.

8 . The traveling lane adjustment system of claim 7 wherein the first vehicle is configured to receive the information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability from the traveling lane adjustment device and operates to change course to a priority lane on the specific road in response to receiving the information indicating a determination result.

9 . An information processing method comprising:

storing, in a memory of an information processing device, a specific road and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road with each other;

acquiring travel request information for requesting travel permission of the specific road by a first vehicle;

acquiring a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road;

determining traveling availability of the specific road by the first vehicle on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and the appropriate number of vehicles stored in the memory; and

transmitting information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a program for causing a computer to execute steps, the step comprising:

making a memory of an information processing device store a specific road and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road with each other;

acquiring travel request information for requesting travel permission of the specific road by a first vehicle;

acquiring a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road;

determining traveling availability of the specific road by the first vehicle on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and the appropriate number of vehicles stored in the memory; and

transmitting information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072997/0354 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073006/0352 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: HAYASHI, AKI; YOKOHATA, YUKI; MORI, KOHEI; HATA, TAKAHIRO; OBANA, KAZUAKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066693/0404 →
Continuity (1)
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