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US 12,518,628 · App. 18/382,131 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Information processing device

Inventors: Shusuke Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Chikara Okazaki (Gotemba, JP); Kohta Watatsu (Nagoya, JP); Hideyuki Tanaka (Nisshin, JP); Shinya Murase (Nagoya, JP); Yuki Tatsumoto (Seto, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/145G06V20/13G06V2201/08
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Patent No.
US 12,518,628
App. No.
18/382,131
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device is provided, which includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire a vehicle size of a vehicle and an overhead view image of a parking lot captured in a satellite image taken of ground-level by an artificial satellite; and propose, to an occupant of the vehicle, a parking lot in which the vehicle is able to park, the parking lot being designated based on the acquired vehicle size and the acquired overhead view image.

Claims (17)

1 . An information processing device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

acquire a vehicle size of a vehicle and an overhead view image of a parking lot captured in a satellite image taken of ground-level by an artificial satellite; and

receive a selection by an occupant of a parking position in a parking lot, the selection of the parking position including a position in which there is a wall at rear, left or right of the parking position; a position at which columns are located at one or other side of the parking position; or a position at which no other parking space is present on one or other side of the parking position; and

propose, to an occupant of the vehicle, a parking lot for the vehicle to park, based on the acquired vehicle size, the acquired overhead view image, and the received selection of the parking position.

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

receive input by the occupant of a space size of a parking space; and

propose, to the occupant, a parking lot having a parking space of a size equal to or larger than the received space size.

3 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire occupant information regarding the occupant, and

propose, to the occupant, a parking lot corresponding to the acquired occupant information.

4 . The information processing device of claim 3 , wherein the occupant information includes information indicating at least one of age, gender, personality, or driving skill of the occupant.

5 . The information processing device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:

when the driving skill of the occupant is a first level, select all parking positions in the parking lot as candidates for proposal, and when the driving skill of the occupant is a second level, select some of parking positions in the parking lot as candidates for proposal.

6 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

propose, to the occupant, a parking lot that has at least one empty parking space in which no other vehicle is parked at one or more parking positions corresponding to the received selection of the parking position, and in which the space size of the at least one empty parking space is larger than the vehicle size of the vehicle by a predetermined value or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2023
From: YAMAMOTO, SHUSUKE; OKAZAKI, CHIKARA; WATATSU, KOHTA; TANAKA, HIDEYUKI; MURASE, SHINYA; TATSUMOTO, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-176680 · Nov 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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