US 12,092,471 B2
Server device, information processing system, control device, shared vehicle, and operation method for information processing system
Tsuyoshi Andou, Toyota (JP); Akitoshi Jikumaru, Nisshin (JP); Ryosuke Kobayashi, Nagakute (JP); Tomokazu Maya, Nagoya (JP); and Masatoshi Hayashi, Nisshin (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/308,613.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-094751 (JP), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372807 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC G01C 21/3484 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server device comprising:
a communication unit; and
a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit, wherein the control unit sends, to a terminal device, information on a comfort level in a vehicle cabin of a shared vehicle that is determined based on a detection result of detecting an effect of a passenger on a vehicle body or equipment of the shared vehicle to present the information to another passenger before boarding the shared vehicle,
wherein:
the control unit further sends, to the terminal device, information on the comfort level in a vehicle cabin of another shared vehicle,
the control unit further sends, to the terminal device, information for prompting the other passenger to select one of a shared vehicle selected from the shared vehicle and the other shared vehicle based on a comparison of the comfort level of the shared vehicle and the comfort level of the other shared vehicle, the comfort level is further determined based on a vehicle weight of the shared vehicle and a seating state of seats,
the comfort level is adjusted in consideration of a state of atmosphere in the vehicle cabin; and
the information on the comfort level sent by the control unit to the terminal device to present the information to the other passenger is to aid in the selection between the shared vehicle and the other shared vehicle based on the comparison of the comfort level of the shared vehicle and the comfort level of the other shared vehicle;
the detection result includes the vehicle weight of the shared vehicle and the seating state of seats;
the seating state of seats includes a number of occupied seats;
when a number of the passengers calculated from the vehicle weight is equal to or smaller than the number of occupied seats, the control unit adopts the comfort level based on the number of occupied seats;
when the number of the passengers calculated from the vehicle weight exceeds the number of occupied seats, the control unit reduces the comfort level based on the number of occupied seats in accordance with the number of the passengers that exceeds the number of occupied seat;
the shared vehicle further comprises a detection unit including:
a vehicle weight sensor provided on a suspension of the shared vehicle and configured to detect the vehicle weight of the shared vehicle;
a plurality of seating sensors provided on each seat of the shared vehicle to detect whether a passenger is seated or not seated based on a load on a seat surface of the shared vehicle;
at least one sensor configured to detect a temperature, a humidity, a smell, and a carbon dioxide concentration in the vehicle cabin of the shared vehicle; and
a plurality of sensors configured to detect a vehicle speed, an acceleration, a steering, and an inclination of the shared vehicle; and
the detection result is based on the detections of the detection unit.