INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICES AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20190331503A1
• Filed: 04/22/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: YONEDA, Takahiro, MATSUI, Shuhei
• Application Number:
  US16/390,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20190331503A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Provided is an information processing device included in a vehicle terminal in a vehicle. The information processing device is configured to: obtain vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle terminal; transmit, at each of a plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal, a signal to be received directly by a passenger terminal of a passenger who intends to get on the vehicle; transmit, to a server, a plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information each indicating one of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal; and receive, from the server, corrected passenger position information indicating a corrected position of the passenger terminal after the signal is transmitted at each of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal.

Claims

1. An information processing device included in a vehicle terminal in a vehicle, the information processing device configured to:

obtain vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle terminal;

transmit, at each of a plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal, a signal to be received directly by a passenger terminal of a passenger who intends to get on the vehicle;

transmit, to a server, a plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information each indicating one of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal; and

receive, from the server, corrected passenger position information indicating a corrected position of the passenger terminal after the signal is transmitted at each of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, further configured to

determine whether the vehicle terminal and the passenger terminal are in a predetermined positional relationship, using the vehicle position information and passenger position information indicating a position of the passenger terminal, wherein

the information processing device is configured to start transmitting the signal when it is determined that the vehicle terminal and the passenger terminal are in the predetermined positional relationship.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the signal includes signal identification information for identifying the signal.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further configured to

obtain, from the vehicle terminal, traveling information regarding traveling of the vehicle, and control transmission intervals of the signal based on the traveling information.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the traveling information indicates a traveling speed of the vehicle terminal or a change in the position of the vehicle terminal, and

the information processing device is configured to shorten the transmission intervals as the traveling speed increases or as the change in the position of the vehicle terminal increases.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further configured to:

control presentation of navigation information for the vehicle terminal; and

receive the navigation information from the server, wherein

the navigation information includes information indicating navigation based on the vehicle position information and the corrected passenger position information, and

the information processing device is configured to change a presentation mode of the navigation information according to a change in the corrected passenger position information.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein

the navigation information indicates at least one of a distance and a route from the position of the vehicle terminal to the corrected position of the passenger terminal indicated by the corrected passenger position information.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the signal is a beacon signal.

9. An information processing device included in a passenger terminal of a passenger who intends to get on a vehicle, the information processing device configured to:

obtain passenger position information indicating a position of the passenger terminal;

directly receive a signal transmitted from a vehicle terminal at each of a plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal, and measure a radio field intensity of the signal, the vehicle terminal being included in the vehicle;

generate corrected passenger position information indicating a corrected position of the passenger terminal, using the passenger position information and a plurality of pairs each including (i) information indicating the radio field intensity of the signal transmitted at one of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal and (ii) one of a plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information that indicates the one of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal; and

receive the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information from a server, and transmit the corrected passenger position information to the server.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, further configured to:

receive vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle terminal;

determine whether the vehicle terminal and the passenger terminal are in a predetermined positional relationship, using the vehicle position information and the passenger position information; and

start being on standby to receive the signal from the vehicle terminal when it is determined that the vehicle terminal and the passenger terminal are in the predetermined positional relationship.

11. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein

the signal includes signal identification information for identifying the signal, and

after receiving the signal transmitted at each of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal, the information processing device is configured to transmit the signal identification information of each signal and a request for the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information, and receive the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information as a response to the request.

12. The information processing device according to claim 10, further configured to:

control presentation of navigation information for the passenger terminal; and

receive the navigation information from the server, wherein

the navigation information includes information indicating navigation based on the vehicle position information and the corrected passenger position information.

13. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein

the signal is transmitted from a plurality of mutually different vehicle terminals or from the vehicle terminal that performs a plurality of signal transmissions, the plurality of mutually different vehicle terminals each being the vehicle terminal.

14. An information processing method, comprising:

receiving, from a vehicle terminal in a vehicle, vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle terminal;

receiving, from a passenger terminal of a passenger who intends to get on the vehicle, passenger position information indicating a position of the passenger terminal;

when the vehicle terminal and the passenger terminal are in a predetermined positional relationship, (i) receiving, from the vehicle terminal, (i-a) a plurality of pieces of signal identification information each for identifying a signal transmitted from the vehicle terminal at each of a plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal and (i-b) a plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information each being the vehicle position information and indicating one of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal, and (ii) transmitting the plurality of pieces of signal identification information and the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information to the passenger terminal; and

after transmitting the plurality of pieces of signal identification information and the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information to the passenger terminal, receiving, from the passenger terminal, corrected passenger position information indicating a corrected position of the passenger terminal, and transmitting the corrected passenger position information to the vehicle terminal.

15. The information processing method according to claim 14, further comprising:

after the signal transmitted at each of the plurality of positions of the vehicle terminal is received, receiving, from the passenger terminal, the plurality of pieces of signal identification information and a request for the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information, and transmitting the plurality of pieces of specific vehicle position information to the passenger terminal as a response to the request.

16. The information processing method according to claim 14, further comprising:

generating navigation information for the vehicle terminal or the passenger terminal using the vehicle position information and the corrected passenger position information, and transmitting the navigation information to the vehicle terminal or the passenger terminal.

17. The information processing method according to claim 16, further comprising:

when the passenger position information is not obtained, generating the navigation information including information that guides the passenger to enable the passenger position information to be obtained.

18. The information processing method according to claim 14, further comprising:

instructing the vehicle terminal to start transmitting the signal when the vehicle terminal and the passenger terminal are in a predetermined positional relationship.