Information processing device, lighting system, vehicle, and lighting control method

A lighting system comprising:

• an information processing device;
• and
• a plurality of vehicles,
• wherein the information processing device includes
• a storage unit configured to store area information for designating an area in which a lighting device is to be illuminated and illuminating time period information for designating a time period in which the lighting device is to be illuminated, and
• a first processor configured to acquire a current position of each of the plurality of vehicles, to extract at least one vehicle of which the current position is in the area from among the plurality of vehicles, and to instruct the at least one extracted vehicle to illuminate the lighting device in the time period, and
• wherein each of the plurality of vehicles includes a second processor configured to notify the information processing device of the current position of the vehicle and to illuminate the lighting device in the designated time period when the vehicle has been instructed by the information processing device.

A lighting control method comprising:

• storing, by a control device, area information for designating an area in which a lighting device is to be illuminated and illuminating time period information for designating a time period in which the lighting device is to be illuminated, in a storage unit;
• and
• acquiring, by the control device, a current position of each of a plurality of vehicles;
• extracting, by the control device, at least one vehicle of which the current position is in the area from among the plurality of vehicles;
• and
• instructing, by the control device, the at least one extracted vehicle to illuminate the lighting device in the time period.