# US 11,993,182 B2 · Management device, vehicle, management system, method, and storage medium storing a program

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- Number: US 11,993,182 B2
- Document ID: US11993182B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/521,077
- Filed: 2021-11-08
- Published: 2022-06-30
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-24
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto; Jun Ikeda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993182B2

## CPC

- B60N 2/0273: {taking into account user data, e.g. knee height or physical state}
- B60N 2/0248: {with memory of positions}
- B60N 2/0272: {using sensors or detectors for detecting the position of seat parts}
- B60R 16/037: for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel}
- B62D 1/181: with power actuated adjustment, e.g. with position memory
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## Abstract

A management device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire setting information for onboard equipment used by a user in a vehicle, vehicle model information for the vehicle, and identification information for the user, convert the setting information that has been acquired into new setting information based on the vehicle model information, and provide the new setting information to onboard equipment used by the user corresponding to the identification information in a new vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A management device, comprising:
a processor configured to:
acquire, from a first vehicle, first setting information for first onboard equipment used by a user in the first vehicle, first vehicle model information for the first vehicle, and identification information for the user;
in a case in which the user operates a second vehicle, acquire at least the identification information from the second vehicle;
convert the first setting information into second setting information for second onboard equipment used by the user in the second vehicle based on the at least the identification information;
provide the second setting information to the second onboard equipment;
acquire information regarding a movable range of the first onboard equipment as the first vehicle model information; and
convert the first setting information to the second setting information by applying a proportional ratio, defined as a parameter of the first setting information with respect to the movable range of the first onboard equipment, to a movable range of the second onboard equipment.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The management device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:
acquire second vehicle model information of the second vehicle; and
convert the first setting information into the second setting information by employing the second vehicle model information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A vehicle, comprising:
the management device of claim 1.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A management system, comprising:
the management device of claim 1; and
a plurality of the first vehicle, which perform communication with the management device,
the processor being configured to:
acquire the first vehicle model information, the first setting information, and the identification information from the plurality of first vehicles by communication with the plurality of first vehicles,
acquire second vehicle model information for the second vehicle and the identification information from second new vehicle by communication with the second vehicle, and
provide the second onboard equipment with the second setting information by communication with the second vehicle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The management device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, after converting the first setting information to the second setting information and in a case in which a position of the second onboard equipment is modified by the user, correct a conversion logic for conversion to the second setting information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The management device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to correct the conversion logic by an instruction for feedback from the user.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The management device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to correct the conversion logic in a case in which a result has been stored for a predetermined number of times, the result being that a same combination of the first vehicle model information and second vehicle model information and movement in a same movement direction of the second onboard equipment is stored.

### Claim 8

A method by which a computer executes processing, the processing comprising:
acquisition processing to acquire, from a first vehicle, first setting information for first onboard equipment used by a user in the first vehicle, first vehicle model information for the first vehicle, and identification information for the user;
in a case in which the user operates a second vehicle, acquisition processing to acquire at least the identification information from the second vehicle;
conversion processing to convert the first setting information into second setting information for second onboard equipment used by the user in the second vehicle based on the at least the identification information;
provision processing to provide the second setting information to the second onboard equipment;
acquisition processing to acquire information regarding a movable range of the first onboard equipment as the first vehicle model information; and
conversion processing to convert the first setting information to the second setting information by applying a proportional ratio, defined as a parameter of the first setting information with respect to the movable range of the first onboard equipment, to a movable range of the second onboard equipment.

### Claim 9

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:
acquisition processing to acquire, from a first vehicle, first setting information for first onboard equipment used by a user in the first vehicle, first vehicle model information for the first vehicle, and identification information for the user;
in a case in which the user operates a second vehicle, acquisition processing to acquire at least the identification information from the second vehicle;
conversion processing to convert the first setting information into second setting information for second onboard equipment used by the user in the second vehicle based on the at least the identification information;
provision processing to provide the second setting information to the second onboard equipment;
acquisition processing to acquire information regarding a movable range of the first onboard equipment as the first vehicle model information; and
conversion processing to convert the first setting information to the second setting information by applying a proportional ratio, defined as a parameter of the first setting information with respect to the movable range of the first onboard equipment, to a movable range of the second onboard equipment.