IP Library Granted Patent US 12,502,960
Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,960 · App. 18/438,816 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Information processing device, information processing method, and non-temporary storage medium

Inventors: Yuki Takahashi (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Naotoshi Kadotani (Mishima, JP); Nana Kikuire (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Yuki Nishikawa (Numazu, JP); Takahiko Kuwabara (Yokohama, JP); Ryusei Gichu (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Ota (Tokyo, JP); Toshifumi Iwase (Tokyo, JP); Hironori Ito (Tokyo, JP); Hisanobu Inoue (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/28B60K2360/188B60K2360/566B60K2360/577B60K2360/797
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Patent No.
US 12,502,960
App. No.
18/438,816
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause an information display unit to blink with a predetermined blinking pattern. The information display unit is arranged on a vehicle such that a user of the vehicle is able to see the information display unit from outside of the vehicle. The processor is configured to transmit to a terminal of the user blinking pattern information which causes at least part of a display screen of the terminal of the user to blink in the same pattern as the predetermined blinking pattern.

Claims (24)

1 . An information processing device comprising

a processor configured to:

receive information including a desired movement route of a user;

cause an information display unit to blink with a predetermined blinking pattern at an arrival time of a regular transportation system used by the user before using the vehicle according to the desired movement route of the user, or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the arrival time, the information display unit being arranged on a vehicle such that the user of the vehicle is able to see the information display unit from outside of the vehicle; and

transmit to a terminal of the user blinking pattern information which causes at least part of a display screen of the terminal of the user to blink in the same pattern as the predetermined blinking pattern.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the information display unit is an indicator lamp installed on an outer side of the vehicle.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the indicator lamp is an emergency flashing indicator lamp installed in the vehicle.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the blinking pattern information includes information which causes at least part of the display screen of the terminal of the user to synchronously blink in the same pattern as the predetermined blinking pattern.

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

the processor is configured to control a blinking color of the information display unit in addition to causing the information display unit to blink in the predetermined blinking pattern; and

the blinking pattern information includes color information which causes at least part of the display screen of the terminal of the user of the vehicle to blink in the same color as the blinking color.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the information display unit to blink in the predetermined blinking pattern when the user is present at a position where the information display unit is visible.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to stop a blinking operation of the information display unit when the user has performed an operation of boarding the vehicle or when the user has boarded the vehicle.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the information display unit to blink such that at least one or both of the predetermined blinking pattern and a blinking color are different from blinking patterns and blinking colors of other vehicles present around the vehicle.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to change the predetermined blinking pattern according to a distance between the vehicle and the user.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to shorten a blinking cycle of the predetermined blinking pattern as the distance between the vehicle and the user decreases.

11 . An information processing method that is executed by a computer, the information processing method comprising:

receiving information including a desired movement route of a user;

causing an information display unit to blink with a predetermined blinking pattern at an arrival time of a regular transportation system used by the user before using the vehicle according to the desired movement route of the user, or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the arrival time, the information display unit being arranged on a vehicle such that the user of the vehicle is able to see the information display unit from outside of the vehicle; and

transmitting to a terminal of the user blinking pattern information which causes at least part of a display screen of the terminal of the user to blink in the same pattern as the predetermined blinking pattern.

12 . A non-temporary storage medium that stores an instruction executable by one or more processors and causing the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:

receiving information including a desired movement route of a user;

causing an information display unit to blink with a predetermined blinking pattern at an arrival time of a regular transportation system used by the user before using the vehicle according to the desired movement route of the user, or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the arrival time, the information display unit being arranged on a vehicle such that a user of the vehicle is able to see the information display unit from outside of the vehicle; and

transmitting to a terminal of the user blinking pattern information which causes at least part of a display screen of the terminal of the user to blink in the same pattern as the predetermined blinking pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: TAKAHASHI, YUKI; KADOTANI, NAOTOSHI; KIKUIRE, NANA; NISHIKAWA, YUKI; KUWABARA, TAKAHIKO; GICHU, RYUSEI; OTA, TAKASHI; IWASE, TOSHIFUMI; ITO, HIRONORI; INOUE, HISANOBU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-020797 · Feb 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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