IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,190,731
Granted Patent B2
US 12,190,731 · App. 17/651,870 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Plan proposal device, system, vehicle, and plan proposal method

Inventors: Kodai Takanohashi (Okazaki, JP); Atsushi Okubo (Nisshin, JP); Yuji Tachibana (Nisshin, JP); Shogo Momoshima (Nagoya, JP); Takaaki Kato (Saitama, JP); Daiki Kaneichi (Tokyo, JP); Minoru Nakadori (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/148G06N3/08G06Q10/02G08G1/141G08G1/146
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Patent No.
US 12,190,731
App. No.
17/651,870
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plan proposal device includes a controller configured to predict, as a user action, an action of a first user in a certain period, including parking a vehicle in a parking lot shared by a plurality of users including the first user, generate proposal data for proposing an action plan in the certain period based on an obtained prediction result and information on the parking lot in the certain period, and output the generated proposal data.

Claims (57)

1. A plan proposal device comprising a controller configured to:

predict, as a user action, an action of a first user in a certain period, including parking a vehicle in a parking lot shared by a plurality of users including the first user and a second user;

generate proposal data for proposing an action plan in the certain period based on an obtained prediction result and information on the parking lot in the certain period; and

output the generated proposal data, wherein:

the prediction result includes a first estimated time when the first user is expected to leave the parking lot with the vehicle;

the information on the parking lot includes an estimated congestion status of an exit of the parking lot or a road around the parking lot at the first estimated time; and

the controller is configured to include, in the action plan, an action of leaving the parking lot with the vehicle at a leaving time different from the first estimated time under a condition that the estimated congestion status exceeds a reference congestion level.

2. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to acquire attribute data indicating an attribute of the first user, and predict the user action based on the acquired attribute data.

3. The plan proposal device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to acquire the attribute data by presenting a questionnaire for determining the attribute to the first user and analyzing an answer to the presented questionnaire.

4. The plan proposal device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to predict the user action by inputting the attribute data into a prediction model for predicting an action and acquiring the prediction result from the prediction model.

5. The plan proposal device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to generate or update the prediction model by performing machine learning while associating data indicating action records of the users with data indicating attributes of the users.

6. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to analyze an action tendency of the first user based on record data indicating an action record of the first user, and predict the user action based on an obtained analysis result.

7. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to predict the user action based on schedule data indicating a schedule of the first user.

8. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the prediction result includes a second estimated time when the first user is expected to enter the parking lot with the vehicle;

the information on the parking lot includes an estimated congestion status of the parking lot or an entrance of the parking lot at the second estimated time; and

the controller is configured to include, in the action plan, an action of entering with the vehicle into the parking lot at an entering time different from the second estimated time under a condition that the estimated congestion status exceeds a reference congestion level.

9. The plan proposal device according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to predict an action of the second user in the certain period, including parking in the parking lot, and calculate the estimated congestion status based on the predicted action of the second user.

10. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to predict an action of the second user in the certain period, including parking in the parking lot, and calculate the estimated congestion status based on the predicted action of the second user.

11. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the prediction result includes an estimated point that the first user is expected to visit by the vehicle before entering the parking lot by the vehicle;

the information on the parking lot includes positional relationships between the estimated point and a plurality of entrances of the parking lot; and

the controller is configured to select one entrance from among the entrances based on the positional relationships, and include, in the action plan, an action of entering with the vehicle from the selected entrance.

12. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the prediction result includes an estimated point that the first user is expected to visit with the vehicle after leaving the parking lot with the vehicle;

the information on the parking lot includes positional relationships between the estimated point and a plurality of exits of the parking lot; and

the controller is configured to select one exit from among the exits based on the positional relationships, and include, in the action plan, an action of leaving the selected exit with the vehicle.

13. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the prediction result includes a predicted action to be taken by the first user after parking the vehicle in the parking lot;

the information on the parking lot includes information on a plurality of parking spaces in the parking lot; and

the controller is configured to select one parking space from among the parking spaces based on the predicted action, and include, in the action plan, an action of parking of the vehicle in the selected parking space.

14. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

select one entrance from among a plurality of entrances of the parking lot based on congestion statuses of the entrances when a position of the vehicle is included in a reference geographical range;

generate guidance data for providing guidance on a route from the position of the vehicle to the selected entrance; and

output the generated guidance data.

15. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

select one parking area from among a plurality of parking areas of the parking lot based on congestion statuses of the parking areas when a position of the vehicle is included in a reference geographical range;

generate guidance data for providing guidance on a route from the position of the vehicle to the selected parking area; and

output the generated guidance data.

16. The plan proposal device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

select one parking space from among a plurality of parking spaces in the parking lot based on a parking tendency of the first user when a position of the vehicle is included in a reference geographical range;

generate guidance data for providing guidance on a route from the position of the vehicle to the selected parking space; and

output the generated guidance data.

17. A system comprising:

the plan proposal device according to claim 1 ; and

a terminal device including at least one of a display and a speaker, wherein

the terminal device is configured to:

receive the proposal data from the plan proposal device; and

display contents of the proposal data on the display or output the contents of the proposal data by voice and sound from the speaker.

18. A vehicle comprising the plan proposal device according to claim 1 .

19. A plan proposal method comprising:

predicting, by a controller, as a user action, an action of a first user in a certain period, including parking a vehicle in a parking lot shared by a plurality of users including the first user;

generating, by the controller, proposal data for proposing an action plan in the certain period based on an obtained prediction result and information on the parking lot in the certain period; and

outputting the generated proposal data from the controller, wherein:

the prediction result includes a first estimated time when the first user is expected to leave the parking lot with the vehicle;

the information on the parking lot includes an estimated congestion status of an exit of the parking lot or a road around the parking lot at the first estimated time; and

the plan proposal method further comprising, including, in the action plan, an action of leaving the parking lot with the vehicle at a leaving time different from the first estimated time under a condition that the estimated congestion status exceeds a reference congestion level.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: TAKANOHASHI, KODAI; OKUBO, ATSUSHI; TACHIBANA, YUJI; MOMOSHIMA, SHOGO; KATO, TAKAAKI; KANEICHI, DAIKI; NAKADORI, MINORU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059130/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-061873 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
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