US 12,333,937 B2
Information processing apparatus, and method
Toshiki Kashiwakura, Nagakute (JP); Takahiro Aoki, Nagoya (JP); Tsuyoshi Okada, Nagoya (JP); and Hiromitsu Fujii, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,356.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-101318 (JP), filed on Jun. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419831 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 1/123 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
acquire position information of a user terminal;
acquire first information that is information about a reservation for use of a vehicle provided for a vehicle dispatch service by a user of the user terminal, the first information including at least a boarding point and a scheduled boarding time; and
cause the user terminal to issue a first notification by audio or vibration in a case where a distance between a first point where the user is to get on board the vehicle provided for the vehicle dispatch service and the user terminal falls to or below a first distance, the first notification indicating that the first point is getting closer; wherein
the first point is a position that is determined at a time of reservation for boarding the vehicle provided for the vehicle dispatch service, and
when a time that is a predetermined time length before the scheduled boarding time is reached, start determination of whether or not the distance between the first point and the user terminal is equal to or smaller than the first distance.