Information processing apparatus and information processing method
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYu Shikoda, Hirofumi Inoue, Takehito Teraguchi, Jo Nishiyama, Shota Okubo
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a getting-off determining unit that determines whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle, a location determining unit that determines whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle, and a notification control unit that gives a predetermined notification to the occupant when the getting-off determining unit determines that the occupant gets off and the location determining unit determines that the electronic device is not at the predetermined position.
Claims12
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a getting-off determining unit that determines whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle;
- a location determining unit configured to determine whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle;
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- a door lock control unit configured to control locking and unlocking of a door lock of the vehicle, wherein:
- the door lock control unit is configured to unlock the door lock when the getting-off determining unit determines that the occupant gets off and the location determining unit determines that the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position,
- wherein the vehicle includes a charging device that charges the electronic device;
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- wherein the location determining unit is configured to determine that the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position in the vehicle when the location determining unit detects that the electronic device and the charging device are electrically connected.
An information processing method, the method is configured comprising:
- determining whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle;
- determining whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle;
- controlling locking and unlocking of a door lock of the vehicle;
- unlocking the door lock when it is determined that the occupant gets off and the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position;
- charging the electronic device via a charging device;
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- determining, via a location determining unit, that the electronic device has been returned to the predetermined position in the vehicle when the location determining unit detects that the electronic device and the charging device are electrically connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.