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Granted Patent B2
US 10,685,565 · App. 16/266,204 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Server, vehicle, and system

Inventors: Mitsugu Makita (Nagoya, JP); Daigo Fujii (Tsushima, JP); Naoki Yamamuro (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
G08G1/123G08G1/202H04W4/024
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,685,565
App. No.
16/266,204
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A server is used to provide a smoking vehicle to a user who wants to smoke. The server includes a communication device. The communication device is configured to receive first time information indicating a boarding time and first location information indicating a boarding location from an information terminal of the user. The communication device is configured to receive location information of the vehicle. The communication device is configured to transmit the first time information and the first location information to the vehicle.

Claims (28)

1. A server for providing a smoking vehicle to a user who wants to smoke, the server comprising a communication device configured to:

receive first time information indicating a boarding time and first location information indicating a boarding location from an information terminal of the user,

receive location information from a plurality of vehicles, and

receive second time information indicating an alighting time and second location information indicating an alighting location from the information terminal of the user,

wherein the server further comprises a processor configured to select the smoking vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles based on the received first time information, the received second time information, the received first location information, the received second location information, and the location information received from each of the plurality of vehicles, and

wherein the communication device is configured to transmit the first time information the second time information, the first location information to the smoking vehicle, and the second location information to the selected vehicle.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the second location information is the same as the first location information.

3. The server according to claim 1 , wherein:

the communication device is configured to receive, from the smoking vehicle, route information indicating a stopover place where the smoking vehicle is scheduled to move and a time at which the smoking vehicle reaches the stopover place; and

the processor is configured to determine whether the smoking vehicle is able to move to the location indicated by the first location information at the time indicated by the first time information based on the route information.

4. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the first location information is information that indicates a current location of the user.

5. A smoking vehicle comprising:

a communication device configured to

transmit location information of the vehicle to a server, and

receive first time information indicating a boarding time and first location information indicating a boarding location from the server that receives the first time information and the first location information from an information terminal of a user who wants to smoke; and

a processor configured to calculate a route to reach the location indicated by the first location information at the time indicated by the first time information.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein:

the communication device is configured to receive second time information indicating an alighting time and second location information indicating an alighting location from the server that receives the second time information and the second location information from the information terminal of the user; and

the processor is configured to calculate a route to reach the location indicated by the second location information at the time indicated by the second time information.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to, when the processor has received third time information indicating a boarding time and third location information indicating a boarding location from the server that receives the third time information and the third location information from an information terminal of a second user who wants to smoke, calculate a route to reach the location indicated by the first location information at the time indicated by the first time information, to reach the location indicated by the second location information at the time indicated by the second time information, and to reach the location indicated by the third location information at the time indicated by the third time information.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising an output device configured to display the route.

9. A system comprising:

a plurality of smoking vehicles to be provided to a user who wants to smoke; and

a server configured to carry out communication with the plurality of vehicles, the server being configured to

receive first time information indicating a boarding time and first location information indicating a boarding location from an information terminal of the user,

receive location information from each of the plurality of vehicles,

select a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles based on the received first time information, the received first location information, and the location information received from each of the plurality of vehicles, and

transmit the first time information and the first location information to the vehicle selected from among the plurality of vehicles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2019
From: MAKITA, MITSUGU; FUJII, DAIGO; YAMAMURO, NAOKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048255/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-018491 · Feb 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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