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Granted Patent B2
US 11,107,095 · App. 16/655,923 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Method for display control, display control device, and recording medium

Inventors: Daiki Kaneichi (Nissin, JP); Yuichi Komatsu (Yokohama, JP); Kiichi Ueta (Bunkyo-ku, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; JapanTaxi Co., Ltd.
G06Q30/0202G06T3/40G06T11/60G09G5/373G09G5/377G09G2340/045G09G2340/12G09G2380/10
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Patent No.
US 11,107,095
App. No.
16/655,923
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for display control executed by a display control device includes: acquiring, by the display control device, demand prediction information regarding prediction of demand for allocation of a vehicle in a prediction target area in units of block numbers of the prediction target area; and displaying, by the display control device, the demand prediction information acquired by the display control device on a display unit in a state of being superimposed on a map in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area.

Claims (43)

1. A method for display control executed by a display control device, the method comprising:

acquiring, by the display control device, demand prediction information regarding prediction of demand for allocation of a vehicle in a prediction target area in units of block numbers of the prediction target area;

displaying, by the display control device, the demand prediction information acquired by the display control device on a display in a state of being superimposed on a map in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area; and

enlarging, by the display control device, the map displayed on the display when the vehicle enters into a specified area where a total value of a predicted number of occupied vehicles is larger than a first prescribed value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the demand for allocation of the vehicle in the prediction target area is predicted in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area, or

the demand prediction information regarding allocation of the vehicle in the prediction target area is classified in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying, by the display control device, the demand prediction information on the display in the state of being superimposed on the map in units of administrative districts other than the block numbers, in response to input of an operation input signal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, displaying, by the display control device, the demand prediction information on the display, in the state of being superimposed on the map in units of roads.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the display control device is configured to display, on the display, an icon indicating a required number of vehicles in the units of block numbers as the demand prediction information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the display control device is configured to acquire the demand prediction information in accordance with an enlargement ratio or a reduction ratio of the map displayed on the display.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

enlarging, by the display control device, the map displayed on the display when the vehicle enters into the specified area and a chance level in the specified area is larger than a second prescribed value,

wherein the predicted number of occupied vehicles in the units of block numbers is included in the demand prediction information.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the chance level is a difference between the total value and a number of vacant vehicles in the specified area.

9. A display control device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor including hardware, wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire demand prediction information regarding prediction of demand for allocation of a vehicle in a prediction target area in units of block numbers of the prediction target area;

display, on a display, the demand prediction information acquired by the processor in a state of being superimposed on a map in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area; and

enlarge the map displayed on the display when the vehicle enters into a specified area where a total value of a predicted number of occupied vehicles is larger than a first prescribed value.

10. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein

the demand for allocation of the vehicle in the prediction target area is predicted in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area, or

the demand prediction information regarding allocation of the vehicle in the prediction target area is classified in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area.

11. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to display the demand prediction information on the display in the state of being superimposed on the map in units of administrative districts other than the block numbers, in response to input of an operation input signal.

12. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the display control device is configured to display, on the display, the demand prediction information in the state of being superimposed on the map in units of roads.

13. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to display, on the display, an icon indicating a required number of vehicles in the units of block numbers as the demand prediction information.

14. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the demand prediction information in accordance with an enlargement ratio or a reduction ratio of the map displayed on the display.

15. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein

the processor is configured to enlarge the map displayed on the display when the vehicle enters into the specified area and a chance level in the specified area is larger than a second prescribed value, and

the predicted number of occupied vehicles in the units of block numbers is included in the demand prediction information.

16. The display control device according to claim 15 , wherein the chance level is a difference between the total value and a number of vacant vehicles in the specified area.

17. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program, wherein

the program causes a display control device to execute:

acquiring demand prediction information regarding prediction of demand for allocation of a vehicle in a prediction target area in units of block numbers of the prediction target area;

displaying, on a display, the demand prediction information acquired by the display control device in a state of being superimposed on a map in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area; and

enlarging the map displayed on the display when the vehicle enters into a specified area where a total value of a predicted number of occupied vehicles is larger than a first prescribed value.

18. The recording medium according to claim 17 , wherein

the demand for allocation of the vehicle in the prediction target area is predicted in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area, or

the demand prediction information regarding allocation of the vehicle in the prediction target area is classified in the units of block numbers of the prediction target area.

19. The recording medium according to claim 17 , wherein the program causes the display control device to execute displaying the demand prediction information on the display in the state of being superimposed on the map in units of administrative districts other than the block numbers, in response to input of an operation input signal.

20. The recording medium according to claim 17 , wherein the program causes the display control device to further execute displaying the demand prediction information on the display in the state of being superimposed on the map in units of roads.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2019
From: KANEICHI, DAIKI; KOMATSU, YUICHI; UETA, KIICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; JAPANTAXI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050758/0547 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-205048 · Oct 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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