US 12,394,316 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing 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 Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,236.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-114198 (JP), filed on Jul. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021082 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06V 20/53 (2022.01); G08G 1/123 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus configured to determine a pick-up location for an on-demand bus, comprising a controller including at least one processor, the controller being configured to determine a first location that is not predicted to be crowded with people as the pick-up location based on a pick-up location that a user prefers and first information related to locations that are predicted to be crowded with people,
wherein the controller is configured to further execute the processing of:
determining whether the first location is crowded with people at a first time earlier than an expected pick-up time for the user;
if it is determined that the first location is crowded with people, changing the pick-up location from the first location to a second location that is not crowded with people; and
transmitting information on the second location to a user's terminal used by the user,
wherein the first time is the time at which a distance between the first location and the user's terminal becomes shorter than a first predetermined distance.