Information processing device and vehicle

An information processing device for predicting an output decrease amount of a fuel cell in a vehicle including the fuel cell and a drive source driven by electric power of the fuel cell, the information processing device comprising:

• circuitry configured to
• acquire use history information indicating a use history of the vehicle for a plurality of items related to an output decrease of the fuel cell, the plurality of items including at least one of a number of times of starts of the fuel cell, a number of times of power generation of the fuel cell, a number of times of fluctuations in an output voltage, a travel time of the vehicle, and a stop time of the vehicle;
• derive the output decrease amount for each of the items based on the acquired use history information and output information indicating a characteristic of an output decrease of the fuel cell for each of the items;
• estimate the output decrease amount for each of factors of an output decrease based on the derived output decrease amount for each of the items and output decrease factor information indicating a factor of an output decrease of the fuel cell for each of the items;
• and
• execute predetermined control based on the estimated output decrease amount for each of the output decrease factors, wherein
• the circuitry is configured to execute control to decrease a target temperature of a refrigerant that cools the fuel cell used for control of a cooling device in which the refrigerant circulates when any one of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors is equal to or larger than a threshold value, compared with when all of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors are less than the threshold value.

An information processing device for predicting an output decrease amount of a fuel cell in a fuel cell system including the fuel cell, the information processing device comprising:

• circuitry configured to
• acquire use history information indicating a use history of the fuel cell system for a plurality of items related to an output decrease of the fuel cell, the plurality of items including at least one of a number of times of starts of the fuel cell, a number of times of power generation of the fuel cell, a number of times of fluctuations in an output voltage, a travel time of a vehicle, and a stop time of the vehicle;
• derive the output decrease amount for each of the items based on the acquired use history information and output information indicating a characteristic of an output decrease of the fuel cell for each of the items;
• estimate the output decrease amount for each of factors of an output decrease based on the derived output decrease amount for each of the items and output decrease factor information indicating a factor of an output decrease of the fuel cell for each of the items;
• and
• execute predetermined processing based on the estimated output decrease amount for each of the output decrease factors, wherein
• the circuitry is configured to execute control to increase a flow rate of a pump for supplying a refrigerant to the fuel cell when any one of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors is equal to or larger than a threshold value, compared with when all of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors are less than the threshold value.

An information processing device for predicting an output decrease amount of a fuel cell in a fuel cell system including the fuel cell, the information processing device comprising:

• circuitry configured to
• acquire use history information indicating a use history of the fuel cell system for a plurality of items related to an output decrease of the fuel cell, the plurality of items including at least one of a number of times of starts of the fuel cell, a number of times of power generation of the fuel cell, a number of times of fluctuations in an output voltage, a travel time of a vehicle, and a stop time of the vehicle;
• derive the output decrease amount for each of the items based on the acquired use history information and output information indicating a characteristic of an output decrease of the fuel cell for each of the items;
• estimate the output decrease amount for each of factors of an output decrease factors based on the derived output decrease amount for each of the items and output decrease factor information indicating a factor of an output decrease of the fuel cell for each of the items;
• and
• execute predetermined processing based on the estimated output decrease amount for each of the output decrease factors, wherein
• the circuitry is configured to execute control to decrease a target temperature of a refrigerant that cools the fuel cell used for control of a cooling device in which the refrigerant circulates when any one of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors is equal to or larger than a threshold value, compared with when all of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors are less than the threshold value.