US 12,403,937 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and vehicle
Toshiki Kashiwakura, Ota-ku (JP); Ai Miyata, Sakai (JP); Kotaro Hirose, Nisshin (JP); Sho Minagawa, Nisshin (JP); Yuki Uchida, Iwakura (JP); and Tsuyoshi Okada, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,867.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-125919 (JP), filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043042 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/0021 (2020.02); G01C 21/343 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility,
wherein the controller is configured to:
generate a transportation schedule to cause the vehicle to transport one or more components to be used in the facility and a tour schedule to allow a user touring the facility to be on board the vehicle;
run the vehicle based on the transportation schedule and the tour schedule;
receive, from the vehicle, a result of an inspection of the one or more components while the vehicle is travelling; and
arrange for transportation of additional components based on a quantity of failed components indicated by the result of the inspection.