IP Library Granted Patent US 11,830,307
Granted Patent B2
US 11,830,307 · App. 17/691,515 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Information processing device, information processing method, and system

Inventors: Hiroyasu Hadano (Toyota, JP); Tatsunori Katoh (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G07C9/22B60W50/14G07C9/00309B60W2050/146B60W2420/42B60W2554/4029
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Patent No.
US 11,830,307
App. No.
17/691,515
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute acquiring information about temperature inside or outside a vehicle, and generating a command to open or close a window included in the vehicle based on the information about the temperature inside or outside the vehicle.

Claims (38)

1. An information processing device, comprising a control unit configured to execute:

acquiring information about a temperature inside or outside a vehicle;

acquiring position information of the vehicle; and

generating a command to open or close a window included in the vehicle based on the information about the temperature inside or outside the vehicle,

wherein an opening degree of the window is set in accordance with the position information of the vehicle, so that when the vehicle is parked in a previously registered location the opening degree of the window is set to be larger than when the vehicle is parked in an unregistered location.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to generate a command to fully close the window when a person is detected within a prescribed distance from the vehicle.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to generate the command to fully close the window only when a person who does not possess an electronic key of the vehicle is detected within the prescribed distance from the vehicle.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to detect the person based on an image taken with a camera included in the vehicle.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is configured to analyze the image to detect a person other than a user associated with the vehicle.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to open the window when a difference between the temperatures inside and outside the vehicle is equal to or more than a prescribed temperature difference.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to generate a command to give a notification to an inside or an outside of the vehicle when opening or closing the window.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to generate a command to open or close the window included in the vehicle based on the information about the temperature inside or outside the vehicle, when receiving a request to open or close the window from a user terminal associated with the vehicle.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 , comprising a memory configured to store the opening degree of the window of the vehicle in accordance with a difference between the temperatures inside and outside the vehicle.

10. An information processing method, comprising a computer executing:

acquiring information about a temperature inside or outside a vehicle; and

acquiring position information of the vehicle;

generating a command to open or close a window included in the vehicle based on the information about the temperature inside or outside the vehicle,

wherein an opening degree of the window is set in accordance with the position information of the vehicle, so that when the vehicle is parked in a previously registered location the opening degree of the window is set to be larger than when the vehicle is parked in an unregistered location.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the computer generates a command to fully close the window when a person is detected within a prescribed distance from the vehicle.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the computer generates the command to fully close the window only when a person who does not possess an electronic key of the vehicle is detected within the prescribed distance from the vehicle.

13. The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the computer detects the person based on an image taken with a camera included in the vehicle.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13 , wherein the computer analyzes the image to detect a person other than a user associated with the vehicle.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the computer opens the window when a difference between the temperatures inside and outside the vehicle is equal to or more than a prescribed temperature difference.

16. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the computer generates a command to give a notification to an inside or an outside of the vehicle when opening and closing the window.

17. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the computer generates a command to open or close the window included in the vehicle based on the information about the temperature inside or outside the vehicle, when receiving a request to open or close the window from a user terminal associated with the vehicle.

18. A system comprising:

a vehicle including a window that is operable by remote operation; and

a server configured to transmit to the vehicle a command about an opening degree of the window, wherein:

the vehicle is configured to acquire information about a temperature inside or outside the vehicle and transmit the information to the server;

the vehicle is configured to acquire position information of the vehicle and transmit the position information to the server; and

the server is configured to generate a command to open or close the window included in the vehicle based on the information about the temperature inside or outside the vehicle and transmit the command to the vehicle,

wherein an opening degree of the window is set in accordance with the position information of the vehicle, so that when the vehicle is parked in a previously registered location the opening degree of the window is set to be larger than when the vehicle is parked in an unregistered location.

19. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to:

when the vehicle is parked at home, set the opening degree of the window to be at a maximum opening, regardless of a difference between the temperature inside the vehicle and the temperature outside the vehicle, and

when the vehicle is parked at locations other than at home, set the opening degree of the window (i) according to the difference between the temperature inside the vehicle and the temperature outside the vehicle and (ii) based upon whether the vehicle is parked at a previously registered location.

20. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the computer:

when the vehicle is parked at home, sets the opening degree of the window to be at a maximum opening, regardless of a difference between the temperature inside the vehicle and the temperature outside the vehicle, and

when the vehicle is parked at locations other than at home, sets the opening degree of the window (i) according to the difference between the temperature inside the vehicle and the temperature outside the vehicle and (ii) based upon whether the vehicle is parked at a previously registered location.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: HADANO, HIROYASU; KATOH, TATSUNORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059225/0063 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-042888 · Mar 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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