# US 12,002,363 B2 · Information processing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium, and information processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,363 B2 - Document ID: US12002363B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/658,998 - Filed: 2022-04-12 - Published: 2022-10-20 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-15 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Atsushi Okubo; Kento Nitta; Takaaki Kato; Daiki Kaneichi; Minoru Nakadori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002363B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/168: {Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space} - G06T 11/00: Two-dimensional [2D] image generation - G08G 1/142: {external to the vehicles} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract An information processing apparatus communicable with the vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: detect the vehicle before parking; determine the characteristic of the detected vehicle or the characteristic of a driver of the vehicle; set a parking frame for the vehicle in accordance with the characteristic; and transmit information indicating the parking frame to the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to detect the vehicle before parking, determine a characteristic of a driver of the vehicle, set a parking frame for the vehicle in accordance with the characteristic, and transmit information indicating the parking frame to the vehicle; wherein: the characteristic of the driver includes a characteristic that the driver loads and unloads a luggage; the one or more processors are configured to set the parking frame at a position where an additional width needed to load and unload the luggage is secured between the vehicle and an adjacent vehicle; and the parking frame includes a margin width for the driver of the vehicle to pass after getting off the vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to superimpose the parking frame on an image captured by an imaging unit of the vehicle based on the information indicating the parking frame and cause a display unit of the vehicle to display a superimposed image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the one or more processors are configured to set the parking frame in a parking lot; one or more light emitting bodies are embedded in a road surface of the parking lot; and the one or more processors are configured to cause a light emitting body to emit light, the light emitting body being part of the one or more light emitting bodies and being embedded at a position corresponding to the parking frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle comprising the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 mounted in the vehicle. ### Claim 5 A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors included in an information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle and that cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising: determining a characteristic of a driver of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle before parking is detected; setting a parking frame for the vehicle in accordance with the characteristic; and transmitting information indicating the parking frame to the vehicle; wherein: the characteristic of the driver includes a characteristic that the driver loads and unloads a luggage; the functions further comprise setting the parking frame at a position where an additional width needed to load and unload the luggage is secured between the vehicle and an adjacent vehicle; and the parking frame includes a margin width for the driver of the vehicle to pass after getting off the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the functions include superimposing the parking frame on an image captured by an imaging unit of the vehicle based on the information indicating the parking frame and causing a display unit of the vehicle to display a superimposed image. ### Claim 7 An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle, the information processing method comprising: detecting the vehicle before parking; determining a characteristic of a driver of the vehicle; setting a parking frame for the vehicle in accordance with the characteristic; and transmitting information indicating the parking frame to the vehicle; wherein: the characteristic of the driver includes a characteristic that the driver loads and unloads a luggage; the method further comprising setting the parking frame at a position where an additional width needed to load and unload the luggage is secured between the vehicle and an adjacent vehicle; and the parking frame includes a margin width for the driver of the vehicle to pass after getting off the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising superimposing the parking frame on an image captured by an imaging unit of the vehicle based on the information indicating the parking frame and causing a display unit of the vehicle to display a superimposed image.