IP Library Granted Patent US 12,423,766
Granted Patent B2
US 12,423,766 · App. 18/371,483 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Vehicle information management device

Inventor: Isao Honda (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06Q50/40B60W40/06B60W60/00253G06V20/182B60W2540/041B60W2552/25B60W2556/45
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Patent No.
US 12,423,766
App. No.
18/371,483
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle information management device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: before a vehicle arrives at a planned vehicle boarding area of a user, acquire road surface information of the planned vehicle boarding area; based on the road surface information, determine whether or not a road surface height of a planned vehicle boarding position, at which the user is waiting at the planned vehicle boarding area, is a height at which a ramp of the vehicle can be deployed; and in a case in which the road surface height is determined to not be a height at which the ramp can be deployed, propose a change of the planned vehicle boarding position to the user.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle information management device comprising:

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a width of a user;

before a vehicle arrives at a planned vehicle boarding area of the user, acquire road surface information of the planned vehicle boarding area;

based on the road surface information, determine whether or not a road surface height of a planned vehicle boarding position, at which the user is waiting at the planned vehicle boarding area, is a height at which a ramp of the vehicle can be deployed;

in a case in which the road surface height is determined to not be a height at which the ramp can be deployed, propose a change of the planned vehicle boarding position to the user;

in a case in which the road surface height is determined to be a height at which the ramp can be deployed, determine whether an obstacle is present at the planned vehicle boarding position;

upon determination that an obstacle is present at the planned vehicle boarding position, determine whether a pair of doors can be opened by a width that enables the user to board the vehicle based on the width of the user;

upon determination that the pair of doors can be opened by a width that enables the user to board the vehicle, notify the user that the vehicle boarding entrance is narrow; and

after the vehicle arrives at the planned vehicle boarding area, deploy the ramp.

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

based on the road surface information, determine whether or not an obstacle is present which will obstruct deployment of the ramp at the planned vehicle boarding position;

in a case in which an obstacle is not present and the road surface height is a height at which the ramp can be deployed, determine that the ramp can be deployed at the planned vehicle boarding position; and

in at least one of a case in which an obstacle is present or a case in which the road surface height is not a height at which the ramp can be deployed, determine that the ramp cannot be deployed at the planned vehicle boarding position.

3. The vehicle information management device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the road surface information from a detection device provided at the planned vehicle boarding area.

4. The vehicle information management device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the road surface information from a terminal carried by the user.

5. The vehicle information management device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case in which it is determined that the user has agreed to move location, determine a recommended area to which to move and notify the user of the recommended area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2023
From: HONDA, ISAO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065072/0762 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-160548 · Oct 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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