IP Library Granted Patent US 12,735,063
Granted Patent B2
US 12,735,063 · App. 19/252,654 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Use recommendation apparatus and vehicle

Inventors: Tomomi Takata (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Taguchi (Tokyo, JP); Kou Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikatsu Nishiyama (Tokyo, JP); Yuta Takenoya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B60W50/14G10L13/027
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Patent No.
US 12,735,063
App. No.
19/252,654
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A use recommendation apparatus includes acquiring circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates a degree of necessity of a recommendation of a use of a predetermined operation device, based on sensor data, traffic data, and non-traffic data acquired by the acquiring circuitry; selects, when the degree of necessity is greater than or equal to a first threshold and less than or equal to a second threshold, a predetermined pacing model from a plurality of pacing models, based on the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data; acquires, from the predetermined pacing model, a first recommendation sentence having undergone predetermined pacing processing as a recommendation sentence that recommends the use of the predetermined operation device by inputting the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data to the predetermined pacing model; and outputs the first recommendation sentence.

Claims (31)

1 . A use recommendation apparatus configured to be applied to a vehicle, the use recommendation apparatus comprising:

acquiring circuitry configured to acquire

sensor data to be acquired from a sensor of the vehicle when a subject is driving the vehicle,

traffic data on a surrounding environment around the vehicle to be acquired when the subject is driving the vehicle, and

non-traffic data comprising one or more of: usage data to be recorded in a user terminal upon a use of the user terminal by the subject; passenger data on a passenger of the vehicle to be acquired when the subject is driving the vehicle; and action data on an action of the subject to be acquired when the subject is not driving the vehicle; and

processing circuitry configured to process the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data acquired by the acquiring circuitry, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to

generate a degree of necessity of a recommendation of a use of a predetermined operation device, based on the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data,

select, when the degree of necessity is greater than or equal to a first threshold and less than or equal to a second threshold, a predetermined pacing model from a plurality of pacing models, based on the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data,

acquire, from the predetermined pacing model, a first recommendation sentence having undergone predetermined pacing processing as a recommendation sentence that recommends the use of the predetermined operation device by inputting the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data to the predetermined pacing model, and

output the first recommendation sentence.

2 . The use recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry comprises a trained model to be re-trained based on training data comprising the sensor data, the traffic data, the non-traffic data, and the degree of necessity, and

the processing circuitry is configured to acquire an update of the degree of necessity from the trained model by inputting updates of the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data to the trained model.

3 . The use recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquiring circuitry is configured to acquire a response of the subject to an output of the first recommendation sentence,

the predetermined pacing model comprises a trained model to be re-trained based on training data comprising the sensor data, the traffic data, the non-traffic data, the first recommendation sentence, a fixed recommendation sentence comprising the first recommendation sentence having not undergone the predetermined pacing processing, and content of the response, and

the predetermined pacing model is configured to output an update of the first recommendation sentence when receiving updates of the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data, and the fixed recommendation sentence.

4 . The use recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory configured to hold the first threshold and the second threshold, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to, when a response of the subject to an output of the first recommendation sentence indicates a refusal of the use of the predetermined operation device, change the first threshold held in the memory to a value less than the first threshold.

5 . A vehicle comprising a use recommendation apparatus, the use recommendation apparatus comprising:

acquiring circuitry configured to acquire

sensor data to be acquired from a sensor of the vehicle when a subject is driving the vehicle,

traffic data on a surrounding environment around the vehicle to be acquired when the subject is driving the vehicle, and

non-traffic data comprising one or more of: usage data to be recorded in a user terminal upon a use of the user terminal by the subject; passenger data on a passenger of the vehicle to be acquired when the subject is driving the vehicle; and action data on an action of the subject to be acquired when the subject is not driving the vehicle; and

processing circuitry configured to process the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data acquired by the acquiring circuitry, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to

generate a degree of necessity of a recommendation of a use of a predetermined operation device, based on the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data,

select, when the degree of necessity is greater than or equal to a first threshold and less than or equal to a second threshold, a predetermined pacing model from a plurality of pacing models, based on the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data,

acquire, from the predetermined pacing model, a first recommendation sentence having undergone predetermined pacing processing as a recommendation sentence that recommends the use of the predetermined operation device by inputting the sensor data, the traffic data, and the non-traffic data to the predetermined pacing model, and

output the first recommendation sentence.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: TAKATA, TOMOMI; TAGUCHI, YASUHIRO; SASAKI, KOU; NISHIYAMA, YOSHIKATSU; TAKENOYA, YUTA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071552/0907 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2024-110691 · Jul 10, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20260015006A1 · Jan 15, 2026
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