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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Nishimura, Anjo, JP;
Naoki Uenoyama, Kasugai, JP;
Keiko Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Matsumura, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method is a method executed by an information processing system including: a vehicle including an imaging unit and a communication unit; and a server device. The information processing method includes: requesting, by the server device, the vehicle positioned in an information collecting area including a stop position of a train that moves on a railroad track to provide a peripheral image when the train stops between stations; and transmitting, by the communication unit of the vehicle positioned in the information collecting area, a stoppage factor image that is the peripheral image in which at least one of the train that has stopped in the stop position and the railroad track near the train appears to the server device.