IP Library Granted Patent US 12,371,049
Granted Patent B2
US 12,371,049 · App. 18/492,091 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Information processing device and method

Inventors: Kota Washio (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Hinata Ichikawa (Nagoya, JP); Masato Endo (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W50/14G07C5/008G07C5/0808G07C5/0825B60W2050/146B60W2556/40B60W2556/45
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Patent No.
US 12,371,049
App. No.
18/492,091
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The server obtains a first reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the vehicle group and converts the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide into a first amount of the biological group. The server acquires a second reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the first vehicle by driving of the first user associated with the first vehicle included in the vehicle group, and acquires a contribution degree of the first user in the first amount of the biological group based on the second reduction amount of carbon dioxide. The server causes the predetermined display device to display information indicating the first amount of the biological group and the degree of contribution of the first user.

Claims (24)

1. An information processing device that includes a control unit that executes:

acquiring a first reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from a vehicle group;

acquiring a second reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from a first vehicle included in the vehicle group through driving by a first user associated with the first vehicle;

converting the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide into a first amount of a biological group;

acquiring a degree of contribution of the first user in the first amount of the biological group based on the second reduction amount of carbon dioxide; and

displaying, on a predetermined display device, information indicating the first amount of the biological group and the degree of contribution of the first user.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit

acquires, for each of the multiple vehicle groups, the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide and the first amount of the biological group, and

displays, on the predetermined display device, information indicating the first amount of the biological group for each of the vehicle groups and the degree of contribution of the first user.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the vehicle groups are created based on geographic information about vehicles for multiple vehicles; and

the control unit causes the predetermined display device to display information indicating the first amount of the biological group for each of the vehicle groups in a corresponding area on a map.

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

the biological group is a forest;

an amount of the biological group is the number of trees included in the forest or an area of the forest; and

the control unit

acquires, as the first amount of the biological group, the number of trees or an area of the forest in which the same amount of carbon dioxide as the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide is able to be absorbed, and

acquires, as the degree of contribution of the first user, the number of trees or an area of the forest in which the same amount of carbon dioxide as the second reduction amount of carbon dioxide is able to be absorbed.

5. A method in which a computer executes:

acquiring a first reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from a vehicle group;

acquiring a second reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from a first vehicle included in the vehicle group through driving by a first user associated with the first vehicle;

converting the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide into a first amount of a biological group;

acquiring a degree of contribution of the first user in the first amount of the biological group based on the second reduction amount of carbon dioxide; and

displaying, on a predetermined display device, information indicating the first amount of the biological group and the degree of contribution of the first user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2023
From: WASHIO, KOTA; ICHIKAWA, HINATA; ENDO, MASATO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065308/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-006193 · Jan 18, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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