# US 12,759,372 B2 · Information processing device

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- Number: US 12,759,372 B2
- Document ID: US12759372B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/953,607
- Filed: 2024-11-20
- Published: 2025-06-12
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2023-12-07
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Keizoh Kawaguchi; Kazumi Aono; Yuki Nakagawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759372B2

## CPC

- B60H 1/0073: {Control systems or circuits characterised by particular algorithms or computational models, e.g. fuzzy logic or dynamic models}
- B60H 1/00392: {for electric vehicles having only electric drive means}
- B60H 1/00657: {Remote control devices}
- B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES

## Abstract

A control unit configured to execute: acquiring information on a first distance, which is a travel distance required for a vehicle; activating remote air conditioning in response to a request to activate remote air conditioning of the vehicle and a remaining charge amount of a battery of the vehicle being greater than a first remaining amount, which is a remaining charge amount of a battery capable of traveling the first distance; and deactivating remote air conditioning in response to the remaining charge amount of the battery becoming equal to or less than the first remaining amount during operation of the remote air conditioning.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing device comprising
a processor configured to:
acquire information about a first distance that is a travel distance required for a vehicle,
operate remote air conditioning of the vehicle in a case where:
a request for operating the remote air conditioning of the vehicle is present, and
a remaining charge amount of a battery of the vehicle is larger than a first remaining amount, the first remaining amount being a charge amount of the battery that allows travel of the first distance, and
stop the remote air conditioning in a case where the remaining charge amount of the battery becomes equal to or less than the first remaining amount, and
a memory configured to store a relationship between an external temperature of the vehicle and a correction coefficient for the first remaining amount, wherein
the processor is further configured to:
acquire the external temperature, and
correct the first remaining amount according to the relationship between the external temperature and the correction coefficient for the first remaining amount.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to acquire the information about the first distance from a terminal of a user of the vehicle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire information about a route to reach a destination of the vehicle as the information about the first distance, and
calculate the remaining charge amount of the battery required to reach the destination in a case where the vehicle travels along the route as the first remaining amount.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to operate the remote air conditioning in a case where the battery is being charged, regardless of whether the remaining charge amount of the battery is larger than the first remaining amount.