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Granted Patent B2
US 12,175,416 · App. 17/885,966 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium

Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto (Nissin, JP); Yukinari Kato (Okazaki, JP); Toshiki Kashiwakura (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Suzuki (Miyoshi, JP); Hirohiko Taniguchi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06Q10/0836G06Q10/0833G06Q10/0838
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Patent No.
US 12,175,416
App. No.
17/885,966
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a control unit configured to send first information including a first date and time, to a user terminal, at a predetermined timing before the first date and time, the first date and time being a date and time at which baggage deposited in a movable locker is planned to be taken out, the movable locker being mounted on a vehicle, the user terminal being used by a user that has deposited the baggage in the locker. The predetermined timing is a timing that is earlier than the first date and time by a first time length. The control unit sets the first time length such that the first time length is longer as the distance between a first place and the position of the user terminal is longer, the first place being a place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.

Claims (51)

1. An information processing device comprising a control unit configured to send first information including a first date and time, to a user terminal, at a predetermined timing before the first date and time, the first date and time being a date and time at which baggage deposited in a movable locker is planned to be taken out, the movable locker being mounted on a vehicle, the user terminal being used by a user that has deposited the baggage in the locker, wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is earlier than the first date and time by a first time length;

the control unit sends the first information to the user terminal at the timing that is earlier than the first date and time by the first time length; and

the control unit executes:

acquiring a position of the user terminal, and

setting the first time length such that the first time length is longer as a distance between a first place and the position of the user terminal is longer, the first place being a place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out, and wherein

the vehicle is an autonomous traveling vehicle that is controlled to autonomously circulate, responsive to generation and receipt of a request for service use, along a predetermined route including a designated time and place associated with the baggage deposit, and

the control unit further executes periodically acquiring and updating current position of the user terminal whose distance is taken into consideration when setting the first time length.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit accepts a designation of the first time length from the user terminal.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a second time length and at which a distance between a position of the vehicle and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a first distance, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out; and

the control unit executes:

acquiring the position of the vehicle, and

sending the first information to the user terminal, at the timing that is equal to or later than the date and time earlier than the first date and time by the second time length and at which the distance between the position of the vehicle and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than the first distance.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a third time length and at which a distance between the position of the user terminal and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a second distance, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out; and

the control unit executes:

acquiring the position of the user terminal, and

sending the first information to the user terminal, at the timing that is equal to or later than the date and time earlier than the first date and time by the third time length and at which the distance between the position of the user terminal and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than the second distance.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit accepts a designation of one of the timing that is earlier than the first date and time by the first time length, a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a second time length and at which a distance between a position of the vehicle and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a first distance, and a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a third time length and at which a distance between the position of the user terminal and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a second distance, as the predetermined timing, from the user terminal, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the control unit accepts the designation from the user terminal, together with a use request for the locker.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein as the first information, the control unit sends information including a current position of the vehicle and a date and time at which the vehicle is planned to arrive at the first place, to the user terminal, in addition to the first date and time, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.

8. An information processing method in which a computer sends first information including a first date and time, to a user terminal, at a predetermined timing before the first date and time, the first date and time being a date and time at which baggage deposited in a movable locker is planned to be taken out, the movable locker being mounted on a vehicle, the user terminal being used by a user that has deposited the baggage in the locker, wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is earlier than the first date and time by a first time length;

the computer sends the first information to the user terminal at the timing that is earlier than the first date and time by the first time length; and

the computer executes:

acquiring a position of the user terminal, and

setting the first time length such that the first time length is longer as a distance between a first place and the position of the user terminal is longer, the first place being a place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out, and wherein

the vehicle is an autonomous traveling vehicle that is controlled to autonomously circulate, responsive to generation and receipt of a request for service use, along a predetermined route including a designated time and place associated with the baggage deposit, and

the computer further executes periodically acquiring and updating current position of the user terminal whose distance is taken into consideration when setting the first time length.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein the computer accepts a designation of the first time length from the user terminal.

10. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a second time length and at which a distance between a position of the vehicle and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a first distance, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out; and

the computer executes:

acquiring the position of the vehicle, and

sending the first information to the user terminal, at the timing that is equal to or later than the date and time earlier than the first date and time by the second time length and at which the distance between the position of the vehicle and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than the first distance.

11. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a third time length and at which a distance between the position of the user terminal and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a second distance, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out; and

the computer executes:

acquiring the position of the user terminal, and

sending the first information to the user terminal, at the timing that is equal to or later than the date and time earlier than the first date and time by the third time length and at which the distance between the position of the user terminal and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than the second distance.

12. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein the computer accepts a designation of one of the timing that is earlier than the first date and time by the first time length, a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a second time length and at which a distance between a position of the vehicle and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a first distance, and a timing that is equal to or later than a date and time earlier than the first date and time by a third time length and at which a distance between the position of the user terminal and the first place becomes equal to or shorter than a second distance, as the predetermined timing, from the user terminal, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the computer accepts the designation from the user terminal, together with a use request for the locker.

14. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein as the first information, the computer sends information including a current position of the vehicle and a date and time at which the vehicle is planned to arrive at the first place, to the user terminal, in addition to the first date and time, the first place being the place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.

15. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing a user terminal to output first information including a first date and time, at a predetermined timing before the first date and time, the first date and time being a date and time at which baggage deposited in a movable locker is planned to be taken out, the movable locker being mounted on a vehicle, wherein:

the predetermined timing is a timing that is earlier than the first date and time by a first time length;

the user terminal outputting the first information to the user terminal at the timing that is earlier than the first date and time by the first time length;

the program further acquiring a position of the user terminal, and

the program further setting the first time length such that the first time length is longer as a distance between a first place and the position of the user terminal is longer, the first place being a place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out, and wherein

the vehicle is an autonomous traveling vehicle that is controlled to autonomously circulate, responsive to generation and receipt of a request for service use, along a predetermined route including a designated time and place associated with the baggage deposit, and

the program further executing periodically acquiring and updating current position of the user terminal whose distance is taken into consideration when setting the first time length.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: TATSUMOTO, YUKI; KATO, YUKINARI; KASHIWAKURA, TOSHIKI; SUZUKI, HIROYUKI; TANIGUCHI, HIROHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060791/0767 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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