# US 12,602,058 B2 · Information processing method 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 12,602,058 B2 - Document ID: US12602058B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/396,064 - Filed: 2023-12-26 - Published: 2024-04-18 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-05 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Takahiro Yoneda; Toshiya Arai; Yuta Shimotsuma - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12602058B2 ## CPC - G05D 1/0038: {by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation (images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246)} - G05D 1/247: using signals provided by artificial sources external to the vehicle, e.g. navigation beacons - G05D 1/0027: {involving a plurality of vehicles, e.g. fleet or convoy travelling (fleet control of land vehicles from a control room G05D1/0297; traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/00; for marine craft G08G3/00; for aircraft G08G5/00)} - G05D 1/228: Command input arrangements located on-board unmanned vehicles - G06Q 10/0637: Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers} - G08G 1/127: to a central station {; Indicators in a central station} - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - 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 - 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}) ## Abstract An information processing method uses a computer and includes: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle, the second monitoring being not allocated to any monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; generating presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparing; and presenting the generated presentation information via a presentation device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing method using a computer, the information processing method comprising: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle out of a plurality of vehicles, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle which is a vehicle other than the first vehicle out of the plurality of vehicles; comparing the first information item with the second information item; and presenting presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle generated in accordance with a result of the comparing via the presentation device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the first information item includes an attribute of the first monitoring on the first vehicle, and the second information item includes an attribute of the second monitoring on the second vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the first information item includes a first priority of the first monitoring on the first vehicle, and the second information item includes a second priority of the second monitoring on the second vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the first priority includes at least one of (i) a priority of the first vehicle and (ii) a priority of a monitoring task for the first monitoring on the first vehicle, and the second priority includes at least one of (i) a priority of the second vehicle and (ii) a priority of a monitoring task for the second monitoring on the second vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the first priority includes a priority based on at least one of (i) a first passenger of the first vehicle and (ii) whether or not the first passenger is to be considered, and the second priority includes a priority based on at least one of (i) a second passenger of the second vehicle and (ii) whether or not the second passenger is to be treated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The information processing method according to claim 3, further comprising: obtaining first vehicle information on the first vehicle and second vehicle information on the second vehicle; and calculating the first priority based on the first vehicle information and calculating the second priority based on the second vehicle information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the comparing includes comparing a similarity between (i) each of a plurality of first information items each being the first information item regarding a plurality of first vehicles each being the first vehicle monitored by a plurality of monitors and (ii) the second information item, and the information processing method comprises: selecting, from among the plurality of monitors, a second monitor to be allocated with the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with the result of the comparing; and presenting the presentation information to the second monitor selected in the selecting. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein each of the first information items includes first position information included in the first vehicle information on a corresponding one of the plurality of first vehicles, the second information includes second position information included in the second vehicle information on the second vehicle, and the similarity includes a distance between (i) a position indicated in the first position information of each of the plurality of first vehicles and (ii) a position indicated in the second position information of the second vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein each of the first information items includes at least one of a content and a difficulty of the first monitoring regarding a corresponding one of the plurality of first vehicles, the second information item includes at least one of a content and a difficulty of the second monitoring regarding the second vehicle, and the similarity includes a difference between (i) at least one of the content and the difficulty of the first monitoring regarding each of the plurality of first vehicles and (ii) at least one of the content and the difficulty of the second monitoring regarding the second vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining state information items each indicating a state of a corresponding one of a plurality of monitors; selecting, from among the plurality of monitors, a third monitor to be allocated with the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with the result of the comparing and the obtained state information items; and presenting the presentation information and the third monitor selected in the selecting. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the state information item includes an information item indicating at least one of: a fatigue level; a health condition; attentiveness to a monitoring task; an allocation state of the monitoring task; and a proficiency in the monitoring task. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information processing method according to claim 11, wherein the proficiency includes a proficiency required for a task for the second monitoring on the second vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a state information item indicating a state of the first monitor; and generating the presentation information that recommends changing the first monitor to a monitor different from the first monitor in accordance with the result of the comparing and the state information item obtained in the obtaining. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: attempting to select, from a plurality of monitors, a fourth monitor to be recommended for the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with the result of the comparing; and when there is no the fourth monitor to be selected in accordance with the result of the comparing, changing a state of the second vehicle in the comparing to a safer state via a controller controlling the second vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: attempting to select, from a plurality of monitors, a fourth monitor to be recommended for the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with the result of the comparing; obtaining estimated end times each indicating an estimated time of ending the first monitoring performed by a corresponding one of the plurality of monitors; and when there is no the fourth monitor to be selected in accordance with the result of the comparing, selecting a monitor having an earliest estimated end time among the estimated end times as the fourth monitor from the plurality of monitors. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining an information item indicating a request time when the second monitoring on the second vehicle is to be requested; and presenting the presentation information before the request time. ### Claim 17 An information processing method using a computer, the information processing method comprising: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle which is not monitored by a monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; and presenting presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle generated in accordance with a result of the comparing via the presentation device. ### Claim 18 An information processing method using a computer, the information processing method comprising: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle which is a candidate to be monitored by a monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; and presenting presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle generated in accordance with a result of the comparing via the presentation device.