# US 12,217,556 B2 · Information processing device, information processing method, storage medium, and information processing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,556 B2 - Document ID: US12217556B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/544,939 - Filed: 2021-12-08 - Published: 2022-06-30 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-25 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Jun Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217556B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/20: Administration of product repair or maintenance - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - B60W 40/08: related to drivers or passengers - G06Q 30/0278: {Product appraisal} - G06Q 30/0283: Price estimation or determination - G06Q 40/08: Insurance - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G07C 5/0816: {Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction} - G07C 5/0841: {Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B)} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract An information processing device includes at least one processor. The processor communicates with a vehicle and receives deterioration information that is involved in deterioration of a part provided within a cabin of the vehicle; stores the received deterioration information; and estimates a deterioration degree of the part on the basis of the stored deterioration information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device, comprising: at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: communicate with a vehicle and receive deterioration information concerning deterioration of a component provided inside a cabin of the vehicle; store the received deterioration information and a deterioration item, which is set in relation to the component, in association with one another, wherein the deterioration item includes at least one item relating to a decrease in elasticity, sun bleaching, or; and estimate a degree of deterioration of the component based on the stored deterioration information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to correct the degree of deterioration of the component in accordance with a mode of use of the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device of claim 2, wherein the mode of use includes at least a mode in which the vehicle is utilized for household use and a mode in which the vehicle is utilized for business use. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to judge whether or not an engine of the vehicle is in an on state; in response to judging that the engine is in the on state, receive the deterioration information and correction information, wherein the correction information includes at least one of body information relating to a body of a vehicle occupant, emotion information relating to an emotion of the vehicle occupant, clothing information relating to clothing of the vehicle occupant, or deterioration suppression information that comprises behavior of the vehicle occupant and concerns suppression of deterioration of the component, and store the received deterioration information and the correction information; in response to judging that the engine is not in the on state, receive position information of the vehicle through Global Positioning System (GPS), acquire a periphery information based on the received position information, wherein the periphery information is related to an environment of a periphery of the vehicle, specify the deterioration information based on the periphery information, and store the specified deterioration information based on the periphery information; execute correction processing to correct the degree of deterioration of the component in accordance with a mode of use of the vehicle; specify a score corresponding to the deterioration item; and estimate the degree of deterioration of the component per the deterioration item. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing device of claim 4, wherein the periphery information includes at least one of weather information, ultraviolet light information, map data, or satellite image data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the deterioration information is information relating to the vehicle, and includes at least one of in-cabin environment information relating to an environment within the cabin or usage information relating to the component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the deterioration information is information relating to an occupant of the vehicle, and includes behavior information relating to behavior of the occupant of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein: the at least one processor is configured to receive correction information that includes at least one of body information relating to a body of a vehicle occupant, emotion information relating to an emotion of the vehicle occupant, clothing information relating to clothing of the vehicle occupant, or deterioration suppression information that comprises behavior of the vehicle occupant and concerns suppression of deterioration of the component, and in response to receiving the correction information, estimate the degree of deterioration of the component based on the deterioration information and the correction information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: in response to the deterioration information being not received from the vehicle, receive position information for the vehicle, and based on the received position information, acquire periphery information relating to an environment of a periphery of the vehicle, and, based on the periphery information, specify the deterioration information of the component. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive inspection information for the vehicle, compare a degree of deterioration of the component in received inspection information and an estimated degree of deterioration of the component, and in response to that the respective degrees of deterioration differ, update the degree of deterioration of the component to the degree of deterioration of the inspection information. ### Claim 11 An information processing method, comprising: communicating with a vehicle and receiving deterioration information concerning deterioration of a component provided inside a cabin of the vehicle; storing the received deterioration information and a deterioration item, which is set in relation to the component, in association with one another, wherein the deterioration item includes at least one item relating to a decrease in elasticity, sun bleaching, or; and estimating a degree of deterioration of the component based on the stored deterioration information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information processing method of claim 11, further comprising: judging whether or not an engine of the vehicle is in an on state; in response to judging that the engine is in the on state, receiving the deterioration information and correction information, wherein the correction information includes at least one of body information relating to a body of a vehicle occupant, emotion information relating to an emotion of the vehicle occupant, clothing information relating to clothing of the vehicle occupant, or deterioration suppression information that comprises behavior of the vehicle occupant and concerns suppression of deterioration of the component, and storing the received deterioration information and the correction information; in response to judging that the engine is not in the on state, receiving position information of the vehicle through Global Positioning System (GPS), acquiring a periphery information based on the received position information, wherein the periphery information is related to an environment of a periphery of the vehicle, specifying the deterioration information based on the periphery information, and storing the specified deterioration information based on the periphery information; executing correction processing to correct the degree of deterioration of the component in accordance with a mode of use of the vehicle; specifying a score corresponding to the deterioration item; and estimating the degree of deterioration of the component per the deterioration item. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information processing method of claim 12, wherein the periphery information includes at least one of weather information, ultraviolet light information, map data, or satellite image data. ### Claim 14 A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing a program executable by a processor to perform processing, the processing comprising: communicating with a vehicle and receiving deterioration information concerning deterioration of a component provided inside a cabin of the vehicle; storing the received deterioration information and a deterioration item, which is set in relation to the component, in association with one another, wherein the deterioration item includes at least one item relating to a decrease in elasticity, sun bleaching, or; and estimating a degree of deterioration of the component based on the stored deterioration information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 14, wherein the processing further comprises: judging whether or not an engine of the vehicle is in an on state; in response to judging that the engine is in the on state, receiving the deterioration information and correction information, wherein the correction information includes at least one of body information relating to a body of a vehicle occupant, emotion information relating to an emotion of the vehicle occupant, clothing information relating to clothing of the vehicle occupant, or deterioration suppression information that comprises behavior of the vehicle occupant and concerns suppression of deterioration of the component, and storing the received deterioration information and the correction information; in response to judging that the engine is not in the on state, receiving position information of the vehicle through Global Positioning System (GPS), acquiring a periphery information based on the received position information, wherein the periphery information is related to an environment of a periphery of the vehicle, specifying the deterioration information based on the periphery information, and storing the specified deterioration information based on the periphery information; executing correction processing to correct the degree of deterioration of the component in accordance with a mode of use of the vehicle; specifying a score corresponding to the deterioration item; and estimating the degree of deterioration of the component per the deterioration item. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 15, wherein the periphery information includes at least one of weather information, ultraviolet light information, map data, or satellite image data. ### Claim 17 An information processing system configured such that vehicles, an information processing device, a vehicle maintenance/repair business terminal, and a used vehicle sales business terminal are communicable via a network, the information processing device comprising: a receiving section configured to communicate with a vehicle, and receive deterioration information concerning deterioration of a component provided inside a cabin of the vehicle; a storage section storing the deterioration information received by the receiving section and a deterioration item, which is set in relation to the component, in association with one another, wherein the deterioration item includes at least one item relating to a decrease in elasticity, sun bleaching, or; an estimating section configured to estimate a degree of deterioration of the component based on the deterioration information stored in the storage section; and a transmitting section configured to transmit the estimated degree of deterioration of the component to the vehicle maintenance/repair business terminal or the used vehicle sales business terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information processing system of claim 17, wherein the information processing device is configured to judge whether or not an engine of the vehicle is in an on state; the receiving section is further configured to, in response to the engine being judged in the on state, receive the deterioration information and correction information, wherein the correction information includes at least one of body information relating to a body of a vehicle occupant, emotion information relating to an emotion of the vehicle occupant, clothing information relating to clothing of the vehicle occupant, or deterioration suppression information that comprises behavior of the vehicle occupant and concerns suppression of deterioration of the component; the storage section stores the received deterioration information and the correction information; the receiving section is further configured to, in response to the engine being judged not in the on state, receive position information of the vehicle through Global Positioning System (GPS); the information processing device further comprises a deterioration information specifying section configured to acquire a periphery information based on the received position information, wherein the periphery information is related to an environment of a periphery of the vehicle, and specify the deterioration information based on the periphery information; the storage section stores the specified deterioration information based on the periphery information; and the estimating section is configured to execute correction processing to correct the degree of deterioration of the component in accordance with a mode of use of the vehicle, specify a score corresponding to the deterioration item, and estimate the degree of deterioration of the component per the deterioration item. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The information processing system of claim 18, wherein the periphery information includes at least one of weather information, ultraviolet light information, map data, or satellite image data.