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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Monet Technologies Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Taiki Yoshida, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kenta Nose, Kobe, JP;
Masaaki Hashimoto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Tomohiro Shin, Kanazawa, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
MONET TECHNOLOGIES INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method includes receiving first information indicating a travel plan of a user, acquiring, for each on-demand vehicle service, second information indicating boarding/alighting points and operation status of a vehicle, determining and presenting, based on the first and second information, a recommended route for transferring bet ween first and second vehicles belonging to first and second on-demand vehicle services, and making a reservation with the first and second on-demand vehicle services in accordance with the recommended route. In the method, a first boarding/alighting point for boarding the first vehicle, a candidate transfer point for transferring from the first to the second vehicle, and a second boarding/alighting point for alighting from the second vehicle are determined, at least one candidate route from the first to the second boarding/alighting point via the candidate transfer point is determined, and based on the evaluation of each candidate route, the recommended route is determined.