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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Okubo, Nisshin, JP;
Kento Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kato, Saitama, JP;
Daiki Kaneichi, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Nakadori, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60S 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface; and one or more processors configured to when determining that a degree of dirt of a vehicle exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, select at least one vehicle washing facility from among a plurality of vehicle washing facilities, based on an attribute of a user of the vehicle, and notify the user of guidance information for guiding the user to the selected vehicle washing facility via the communication interface.