US 11,758,375 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
Yeonseo Kim, Miyoshi (JP); Shin Sakurada, Toyota (JP); Daisuke Tanabe, Nagoya (JP); Ayana Takeshita, Toyota (JP); Hiroyuki Tokita, Toyota (JP); and Koichi Asamoto, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/421,531.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-110188 (JP), filed on Jun. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0380013 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 4/40 (2018.02) [G01C 21/3647 (2013.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/16 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive first information that is image information related to an appearance of a passenger who has requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver via a passenger terminal of the passenger, the image information being taken by a camera of the passenger terminal, the first information being transmitted from the passenger terminal, the vehicle including a speaker that notifies the driver of information by audio;
store the received first information in the memory;
extract, from the first information stored in the memory, second information that is information including gender, body shape and clothes of the passenger and is text information or audio information by comparing the first information with a template with which information related to appearances of people are associated, the appearances of people including genders, body shapes and clothes of the people;
store the extracted second information in the memory;
after storing the extracted second information in the memory, remove, from the memory, the first information from which the second information has been extracted;
after removing the first information from the memory, generate passenger information that includes the second information stored in the memory; and
transmit the generated passenger information to the vehicle.