Granted Patent B2

US 12,516,949 · App. 18/123,414 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventors: Toshifumi Nishijima (Kasugai Aichi-ken, JP); Hiroki Awano (Nerima-ku Tokyo-to, JP); Daiki Kubo (Toshima-ku Tokyo-to, JP); Natsumi Koike (Shinagawa-ku Tokyo-to, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

G01C21/3617G01C21/3608G01C21/362G01C21/3679G06F16/24575G06F16/29

Abstract

Claims (47)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising

a storage that holds search history information indicating history of a search for a facility by a user; and

a processor configured to:

detect, when position information of the user indicates that the user is in a first area where visit frequency of the user is higher than a predetermined threshold, one or more first facilities which are one or more new facilities built within a preceding predetermined time period by searching within a predetermined range based on the position information;

detect, when the position information indicates that the user is outside the first area, second facilities including one or more new facilities and one or more facilities other than the one or more new facilities by searching within the predetermined range based on the position information;

obtain one or more third facilities by excluding one or more facilities for which the search history information indicates that there is a search history from the one or more first facilities or the second facilities; and

output information about the one or more third facilities to a predetermined device.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor configured to determine, when detecting an instruction from the user to search for a facility, whether the position information indicates that the user is in the first area.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor is configured to:

acquire audio data of utterance by the user; and

detect, by analyzing the audio data, the instruction from the user to search for a facility.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to receive the audio data of the utterance by the user and the position information from a user terminal of the user.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire movement history information indicating movement history of the user; and

record, as the first area, an area where the visit frequency indicated by the movement history information of the user is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:

monitor the movement history information of the user;

add, to the first area, areas where the visit frequency in most recent predetermined period has changed to equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold; and

remove, from the first area, areas where the visit frequency in the most recent predetermined period has changed to less than the predetermined threshold.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor is configured to record, as the first area, the area including home of the user and an urban area around the home of the user.

8 . A method executed by a computer comprising

storing search history information indicating a history of a search for a facility by a user;

detecting, when position information of the user indicates that the user is in a first area where visit frequency of the user is higher than a predetermined threshold, one or more first facilities which are one or more new facilities built within a preceding predetermined time period by searching within a predetermined range based on the position information;

detecting, when the position information indicates that the user is outside the first area, second facilities including one or more new facilities and one or more facilities other than the one or more new facilities by searching within the predetermined range based on the position information;

obtaining one or more third facilities excluding one or more facilities for which the search history information indicates that there is a search history from one or more first facilities or the second facilities; and

outputting information about the one or more third facilities to a predetermined device.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the computer executes determining, when detecting an instruction from the user to search for a facility, whether the position information indicates that the user is in the first area.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the computer executes:

acquiring audio data of utterance by the user; and

detecting, by analyzing the audio data, the instruction from the user to search for a facility.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein

the computer executes receiving the audio data of the utterance by the user and the position information from a user terminal of the user.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the computer further executes:

acquiring movement history information indicating movement history of the user; and

recording, as the first area, an area where the visit frequency indicated by the movement history information of the user is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the computer executes:

monitoring the movement history information of the user;

add, to the first area, areas where the visit frequency in most recent predetermined period has changed to equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold; and

removing, from the first area, areas where the visit frequency in the most recent predetermined period has changed to less than the predetermined threshold.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the computer executes recording, as the first area, the area including home of the user and an urban area around the home of the user.

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