公开(公告)号：US11803931B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17198854

申请日：2021-03-11

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shin Sakurada ,  Kazuya Nishimura ,  Masaru Ando ,  Toshinari Honda

IPC: G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q30/0645

CPC classification number: G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q30/0645

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to acquire a rental request for a company vehicle used for a business operation of a company, select the company vehicle, in response to the rental request, from among private vehicles that are used by employees of the company when they go to work and are available as the company vehicle, and provide, in a case where a private vehicle is selected in selecting the company vehicle in response to the rental request and rented out as the company vehicle, to a requestor who has sent the rental request availability information that enables the requestor to use the selected private vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11620699B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US17212200

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shin Sakurada ,  Kazuya Nishimura ,  Masaru Ando ,  Toshinari Honda

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/0645 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q10/1093 ,  G06Q30/0207

Abstract: In a system for renting vehicles to users, the operation rate of the vehicles is improved. An information processing apparatus for managing the rental of vehicles to users is configured to perform: generating a rental schedule of a vehicle for a first user; obtaining demand data related to a demand for the vehicle; and changing, based on the demand data, a vehicle return point included in the rental schedule, the vehicle return point being a point at which the first user returns the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11625767B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17231254

申请日：2021-04-15

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shin Sakurada ,  Kazuya Nishimura ,  Masaru Ando ,  Toshinari Honda

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/0645 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q30/0208

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique to encourage a user who is lent a vehicle to obey manners at time of using the vehicle. In the present disclosure, a controller executes: informing a user who is lent a vehicle of information indicating a plurality of manners provisions about use of the vehicle; acquiring a picked-up image of the vehicle about the plurality of manners provisions at time of returning the vehicle; and calculating an evaluation value for obedience of the plurality of manners provisions, based on the picked-up image.