US 11,927,454 B2
Information processing device, information processing system, program, and information processing method
Takuji Yamada, Musashino (JP); Jun Tsukamoto, Seto (JP); and Kaori Sakai, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/071,494.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-223875 (JP), filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0180969 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G01C 21/3469 (2013.01) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device comprising:
a database that stores information on a plurality of charging stations and information of a plurality of spots which can be visited without driving from the plurality of charging stations, wherein the plurality of spots are different from the plurality of charging stations;
a control unit including at least one processor, programmed to:
acquire, from a global positioning system (GPS), information including latitude and longitude of a current position of the vehicle which is traveling using a battery as an energy source;
acquire, from the vehicle, information of a travelable range of the vehicle based on a battery residual capacity of the battery of the vehicle;
extract, from the database, at least one charging station, located within the travelable range from the latitude and longitude of the current position, out of the plurality of charging stations;
extract, from the database, two or more spots from among the plurality of spots for each one of said at least one extracted charging station, which are able to be visited by a vehicle occupant without driving in the vehicle while the vehicle is in a stopped state in each one of the at least one extracted charging station;
based upon the two or more spots being extracted, prioritize the two or more extracted spots with respect to each other based upon a predetermined criteria;
transmit, to a navigation device mounted in the vehicle, information of the two or more extracted spots along with information of the at least one extracted charging station; and
control the navigation device to display, at a same time, information for the at least one extracted charging station and prioritized information for the two or more extracted spots that are associated with the at least one extracted charging station,
wherein the predetermined criteria for prioritizing the two or more spots includes a model of the vehicle in which the navigation device is mounted.