US 12,150,022 B2
Method, information processing device, and non-transitory storage medium
Yui Sugie, Nagoya (JP); Koichi Suzuki, Miyoshi (JP); Naoki Uenoyama, Nagoya (JP); Hiroki Takeda, Okazaki (JP); Hirohiko Morikawa, Toyota (JP); and Genshi Kuno, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,631.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-210717 (JP), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201446 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/44 (2018.02) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/12 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device configured to communicate with a plurality of vehicles, the information processing device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
identify any vehicle located in a disaster area out of the plurality of vehicles;
send a first message asking an occupant of the identified vehicle whether the vehicle is being used as an evacuation spot for spending a night; and
determine that the vehicle is being used as the evacuation spot in a case where the occupant answers yes as a first response to the first message.