Granted Patent B2

US 12,392,632 · App. 18/539,998 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Osami Hashimoto (Mishima, JP); Hiroki Tashima (Fujisawa, JP); Toshihiko Inoue (Nagoya, JP); Kazuma Toya (Anjyo, JP); Takashi Tazoe (Nagoya, JP); Ryota Bingo (Nisshin, JP); Kosuke Sakakibara (Toyota, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

G01C21/3679G01C21/3469G06T7/70G06V20/13G06Q30/0207G06T2207/10032G06T2207/30242

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. An information processing device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a satellite image from an artificial satellite;

detect, among charging stations within the satellite image that include at least one charger for a vehicle, vacant charging stations having a vacant charger that is not being used; and

output station position information related to a position of each respective detected vacant charging station.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire vehicle information relating to a remaining amount of power of a vehicle and a position of the vehicle;

based on the vehicle information, identify a vacant charging station that the vehicle can reach, among the vacant charging stations; and

output station position information related to the identified vacant charging station.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

based on the satellite image, calculate a number of vacant chargers included at each respective vacant charging station; and

output station position information related to each of a predetermined number of vacant charging stations that have a largest or next largest number of vacant chargers.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

based on the satellite image, calculate a number of vacant chargers included at each respective vacant charging station; and

output station position information related to each of the vacant charging stations that have at least a predetermined number of vacant chargers.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

guide the vehicle to a vacant charging station having a largest number of vacant chargers.

6. An information processing system comprising:

a vehicle that includes a display area inside a vehicle cabin; and

the vehicle information processing device according to claim 1 , which detects the vacant charging stations with a vacant charger from the satellite image that is captured by the artificial satellite, and which causes display of the station position information related to the position of each respective vacant charging station at the display area of the vehicle.

7. An information processing method comprising executing, by a processor, processing comprising:

acquiring a satellite image from an artificial satellite;

detecting, among charging stations within the satellite image that include at least one charger for a vehicle, vacant charging stations having a vacant charger that is not being used; and

outputting station position information related to a position of each respective detected vacant charging station.

8. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:

acquiring a satellite image from an artificial satellite;

detecting, among charging stations within the satellite image that include at least one charger for a vehicle, vacant charging stations having a vacant charger that is not being used; and

outputting station position information related to a position of each respective detected vacant charging station.

9. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

based on the vehicle information, calculate a distance that can be travelled by the vehicle and a route distance from a current location of the vehicle to each respective vacant charging station;

compare the distance that can be travelled by the vehicle with each route distance; and

identify a vacant charging station with a route distance that is less than the distance that can be travelled by the vehicle, as the vacant charging station that the vehicle can reach.

10. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

output station position information for all vacant charging stations that the vehicle can reach.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

among the vacant charging stations, output information related to a public charging station preferentially to a privately owned charging station.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

among the vacant charging stations, output information related to a privately owned charging station preferentially to a public charging station.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case in which the privately owned charging station is used, provide an incentive to an owner of the privately owned charging station.

14. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to:

provide an incentive to a user who uses the privately owned charging station.

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