US 11,741,835 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Yusuke Kaneko, Toyota (JP); Junya Masui, Nagoya (JP); Yui Nakamura, Nagoya (JP); Ai Fujimura, Nisshin (JP); Keisuke Tsujimoto, Toyota (JP); and Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Adano (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,139.
Application 17/477,139 is a continuation of application No. 16/504,378, filed on Jul. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,183,058.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-129040 (JP), filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0005351 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/127 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/127 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a control unit configured to:
acquire information about a predetermined travel route of a vehicle that travels with a plurality of users on board;
acquire a current position of the vehicle;
acquire a degree of deviation, which is a value indicating a degree of deviation of the vehicle from the predetermined travel route;
compare the current position of the vehicle and the predetermined travel route against each other; and
in a case where the degree of deviation of the vehicle from the predetermined travel route exceeds a predetermined value, issue a notification to a first predetermined device to encourage a user of the first predetermined device to send a second notification to a second predetermined device.