Vehicle settlement system and vehicle settlement method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Masayuki Yamada, Yasutaka Eto, Keima Fukunaga
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Abstract
In order to settle the sales transaction of an item in a cabin, an item detection unit of a vehicle settlement system detects removal of the item from an item arrangement unit provided in the cabin. An item monitoring unit monitors movement of the item when the item detection unit detects the removal of the item. A settlement processor settles the sales transaction of the item detected by the item detection unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the item monitoring unit detects the movement of the item out of a vehicle.
Claims6
A vehicle settlement system that settles a sales transaction of an item in a cabin, the vehicle settlement system comprising:
- an item detection unit configured to detect removal of the item from an item arrangement unit provided in the cabin;
- an item monitoring unit configured to monitor movement of the item when the item detection unit detects the removal of the item;
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- a settlement processor configured to settle the sales transaction of the item detected by the item detection unit when a predetermined period elapses after the item monitoring unit detects the movement of the item out of the vehicle without a return of the item into the vehicle within the predetermined period.
A vehicle settlement method for settling a sales transaction of an item in a cabin, the vehicle settlement method comprising:
- detecting, with a cart processor, removal of the item from an item arrangement unit provided in the cabin;
- monitoring, with a vehicle processor, movement of the item when detecting the removal of the item;
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- settling, with a center processor, the sales transaction of the detected item when a predetermined period elapses after detecting the movement of the item out of the vehicle without a return of the item into the vehicle within the predetermined period.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program that causes a processor to perform settlement processing for a vehicle, the settlement processing comprising:
- detecting, with a cart processor, removal of the item from an item arrangement unit provided in the cabin;
- monitoring, with a vehicle processor, movement of the item when detecting the removal of the item;
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- settling, with a center processor, the sales transaction of the detected item when a predetermined period elapses after detecting the movement of the item out of the vehicle without a return of the item into the vehicle within the predetermined period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.