US 11,704,697 B2
On-board signage system
Masahiro Nishiyama, Toyota (JP); Kenji Tsukagishi, Toyota (JP); Takahisa Kaneko, Toyota (JP); Erina Kigoshi, Tokyo-to (JP); and Aiko Miyamoto, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,893.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-057370 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0304255 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G09F 21/04 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2023.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0266 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/503 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G09F 9/30 (2013.01); G09F 21/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An on-board signage system, comprising:
at least one autonomous vehicle having a vehicle controller;
a display device that is installed in the at least one autonomous vehicle, and configured to display an image which is assigned to the at least one autonomous vehicle on one or more display areas viewable from outside the at least one autonomous vehicle; and
a signage controller, wherein
the signage controller is configured to function as:
a post collecting unit configured to collect a post content item posted to an SNS site,
a post analyzing unit configured to analyze the collected post content item to extract at least a location relating to the post content item as a relevant location,
a post database that stores post-related information acquired from the post content item in association with the extracted relevant location,
an image database that stores a plurality of candidate images assignable to the at least one autonomous vehicle, and
a selector that selects a travel route of the at least one autonomous vehicle and an image to be assigned to the at least one autonomous vehicle based on information stored in the post database, and the signage controller transmits the selected travel route and image to the vehicle controller of the at least one autonomous vehicle; and
control the at least one autonomous vehicle to navigate the travel route based on the information transmitted from the signage controller.