US 11,993,271 B2
Information processing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium, and information processing method
Toyokazu Nakashima, Kasugai (JP); Ryuichi Kamaga, Nagoya (JP); Mitsuhiro Miura, Okazaki (JP); Yasuhiro Baba, Kamo-gun (JP); Tomokazu Maya, Nagoya (JP); Ryosuke Kobayashi, Nagakute (JP); and Genshi Kuno, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,452.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-068548 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332326 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor programmed to:
store behavior information of a user in the vehicle in association with a date and time,
acquire an image of surroundings of the vehicle via an imaging unit of the vehicle when a difference between behavior information at a specific time and behavior information at a time later than the specific time is detected, and
store the image in association with the date and time and the behavior information, wherein
the behavior information includes driving information of the vehicle,
the driving information includes a destination, a frequency of visits to a specific destination, and a moving route to a specific destination, and
the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine that the difference between the destination at the specific time and the destination at the time later than the specific time is detected, the destination at the specific time being a destination that is arrived at after the vehicle has travelled thereto,
acquire the image of the surroundings of the vehicle when the at least one processor determines that the difference between the destination at the specific time and the destination at the time later than the specific time is detected,
determine that the difference between the destination at the specific time and the destination at the time later than the specific time is not detected, the destination at the specific time being the destination that is arrived at after the vehicle has travelled thereto,
not acquire the image of the surroundings of the vehicle when the at least one processor determines that the difference between the destination at the specific time and the destination at the time later than the specific time is not detected,
determine that the difference between the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the specific time and the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is detected, the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the specific time being a frequency at which the vehicle has travelled to the specific destination that is a destination that is arrived at after the vehicle has travelled thereto,
acquire the image of the surroundings of the vehicle when the at least one processor determines that the difference between the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the specific time and the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is detected,
determine that the difference between the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the specific time and the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is not detected, the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the specific time being a frequency at which the vehicle has travelled to the specific destination that is the destination that is arrived at after the vehicle has travelled thereto,
not acquire the image of the surroundings of the vehicle when the at least one processor determines that the difference between the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the specific time and the frequency of visits to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is not detected,
determine that the difference between the moving route to the specific destination at the specific time and the moving route to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is detected, the moving route to the specific destination at the specific time being a moving route to the specific destination that is a destination that is arrived at after the vehicle has travelled thereto,
acquire the image of the surroundings of the vehicle when the at least one processor determines that the difference between the moving route to the specific destination at the specific time and the moving route to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is detected,
determine that the difference between the moving route to the specific destination at the specific time and the moving route to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is not detected, the moving route to the specific destination at the specific time being the moving route to the specific destination that is the destination that is arrived at after the vehicle has travelled thereto, and
not acquire the image of the surroundings of the vehicle when the at least one processor determines that the difference between the moving route to the specific destination at the specific time and the moving route to the specific destination at the time later than the specific time is not detected.