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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;

Tadahiro Kashiwai, Nagoya, JP;

Yusuke Kaneko, Toyota, JP;

Akihiro Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;

Yuki Ito, Iwakura, JP;

Naoki Uenoyama, Nisshin, JP;

Takahiro Shiga, Chiryu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0212 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing apparatus manages a ride-sharing system in which a plurality of users travels together on the same moving vehicle. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a second evaluation value for a user group traveling on the same moving vehicle, based on a first evaluation value based on a user's attribute and a time during which the user group is maintained, and in a case where there is a candidate user who is a candidate of a user newly riding in a predetermined moving vehicle, calculate the second evaluation value when a predetermined user group is formed for the predetermined moving vehicle, and determine a response policy for the candidate user based on whether or not the second evaluation value satisfies a predetermined policy.


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