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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Chikage Kubo, Chofu, JP;
Kazuya Nishimura, Anjo, JP;
Wataru Minoura, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Tatsumoto, Seto, JP;
Soutaro Kaneko, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A service support apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus of a user or a staff member, and a controller configured to acquire status data indicating a parking status of shared vehicles at a plurality of locations, and transmit presentation data to the terminal apparatus via the communication interface upon detecting an excess of shared vehicles at a first location, a shortage of shared vehicles at a second location, or both based on the acquired status data, the presentation data encouraging the user or the staff member to travel to the second location in a shared vehicle parked at the first location.