# US 2019/0244261 A1 · Rating method, management method, and management system

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- Number: US 2019/0244261 A1
- Document ID: US20190244261A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/265,424
- Filed: 2019-02-01
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-05
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shin Sakurada; Tomoya Suzuki; Hideo Hasegawa; Takao Hishikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190244261A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0282: Rating or review of business operators or products
- G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
- G06T 7/0002: {Inspection of images, e.g. flaw detection}
- G06T 7/001: {using an image reference approach}
- G06T 2207/30252: Vehicle exterior; Vicinity of vehicle
- G06T 2207/30268: Vehicle interior
- 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
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A rating method is a rating method that rates a user of car sharing, the method including: sensing the state of a vehicle rented to the user with a sensor mounted on the vehicle; transmitting data sensed with the sensor from the vehicle to a server, determining, by the server, the action of the user based on the sensing data, and calculating, by the server, a rating of the user based on the action of the user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A rating method that rates a user using car sharing, comprising:
sensing a state of a vehicle rented to the user with a sensor mounted on the vehicle;
transmitting data sensed with the sensor from the vehicle to a server;
determining, by the server, an action of the user based on the data; and
calculating, by the server, a rating of the user based on the action of the user.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The rating method according to claim 1, wherein
the sensor is a camera, and
the determining includes determining the action of the user based on at least one image of at least one of an internal appearance of the vehicle and an external appearance of the vehicle photographed with the camera.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The rating method according to claim 2, wherein
the camera is used to photograph at least one of the internal appearance of the vehicle and the external appearance of the vehicle before the user uses the vehicle and after the user uses the vehicle, and
the determining includes determining the action of the user by comparing the image photographed before the user uses the vehicle with the image photographed after the user uses the vehicle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A management method that manages rental of the vehicle to the user rated by the rating method according to claim 1, comprising:
transmitting a rental request of the vehicle from a terminal device to the server based on an input to the terminal device by the user, and
upon reception of the request from the terminal device, deciding, by the server, whether or not to permit rental of the vehicle based on a history of the rating of the user calculated in a past.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The management method according to claim 4, further comprising notifying, by the server, the history of the rating to a lender of the vehicle, and receiving information regarding whether or not to permit the rental of the vehicle from the lender to the user.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The management method according to claim 5, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, information regarding a prohibited act from the lender,
determining, by the server, whether or not the user did the prohibited act based on the data; and
when determining that the user did the prohibited act, notifying, by the server, the determination to the lender.

### Claim 7

A management system that manages rental of a vehicle to a user using car sharing, comprising:
a vehicle mounted with a sensor configured to sense a state of the vehicle;
a server configured to receive data sensed with the sensor from the vehicle; and
a terminal device configured to transmit to the server a rental request of the vehicle based on an input by the user, wherein
the server includes:
a determination unit that determines an action of the user based on the data;
a rating unit that rates the user based on the action of the user, and
a decision unit that decides, upon reception of the request from the terminal device, whether or not to permit rental of the vehicle based on a history of the rating of the user calculated in a past.