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Granted Patent B2
US 12,447,990 · App. 18/667,129 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Information providing system

Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto (Seto, JP); Ryutaro Tomita (Tokyo, JP); Mami Noguchi (Nagoya, JP); Kenichiro Sugihara (Kounosu, JP); Hiroyuki Nakajima (Tokyo, JP); Yuko Nagai (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W50/14B60K35/28B60K2360/1868B60K2360/566B60W2050/146B60W2556/10
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Patent No.
US 12,447,990
App. No.
18/667,129
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information providing system includes a memory device that stores accident-prone location information including items. Each of the items includes position information of a spot that requires attention of a driver and a precaution related to the spot. The processing circuitry is configured to store, in the memory device, history information indicating whether the driver has been notified of each of the items. The processing circuitry is configured to extract, based on the accident-prone location information, the history information, and the planned travel route, an item of which the driver has not been notified. The item corresponds to a spot included in the planned travel route. The processing circuitry is configured to notify the driver of the extracted item before the driver starts driving.

Claims (14)

1. An information providing system, comprising:

a memory device; and

processing circuitry, wherein:

the memory device stores accident-prone location information including items, each of the items including position information of a spot that requires attention of a driver and a precaution related to the spot;

the processing circuitry is configured to store, in the memory device, history information indicating whether the driver has been notified of each of the items;

the processing circuitry is configured to obtain information on a planned travel route of a vehicle driven by the driver;

the processing circuitry is configured to extract, based on the accident-prone location information, the history information, and the planned travel route, an item of which the driver has not been notified, the item corresponding to a spot included in the planned travel route; and

the processing circuitry is configured to notify the driver of the extracted item before the driver starts driving.

2. The information providing system according to claim 1 , the information providing system further comprising:

a communication device,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display a notification about the extracted item on a terminal of the driver through communication performed by the communication device.

3. The information providing system according to claim 1 , the information providing system further comprising:

a communication device,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display a notification about the extracted item on a terminal of an administrator of the driver through communication performed by the communication device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2024
From: TATSUMOTO, YUKI; TOMITA, RYUTARO; NOGUCHI, MAMI; SUGIHARA, KENICHIRO; NAKAJIMA, HIROYUKI; NAGAI, YUKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067445/0499 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-093066 · Jun 6, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240409111A1 · Dec 12, 2024
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