# US 2021/0239482 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0239482 A1 - Document ID: US20210239482A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/164,119 - Filed: 2021-02-01 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-30 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tatsuya MATSUNAMI; Atsuko YAMANAKA; Kunihiro TSUNEKAWA; Sokfan YEE; Masahiro TANAKA; Shuichiro TAKAHASHI; Satoshi NONOYAMA; Tokuyuki NISHIKAWA; Hikaru SATOU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210239482A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3484: {Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles} - B60W 60/0013: {specially adapted for occupant comfort} - G01C 21/3635: {Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract The present disclosure makes it possible to suitably provide a smoking space for smokers. A controller 204 of an information processing apparatus, which is a server apparatus 200 of the present disclosure, performs estimating smoking demand based on past smoking-related information on a plurality of users. The controller 204 performs generating a travel plan for a vehicle including a smoking space based on the estimated smoking demand. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising a controller including at least one processor configured to perform: estimating smoking demand based on past smoking-related information on a plurality of users; and generating a travel plan for a vehicle including a smoking space based on the estimated smoking demand. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the smoking-related information includes at least any one of a smoking history and a cigarette purchase history of the plurality of users. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the smoking history has position information and time information of smoking. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller performs acquiring the smoking history based on a signal from a user apparatus of a user who is a smoker that senses activation of a switch of an electronic cigarette. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cigarette purchase history has position information and time information of purchase of a cigarette. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein estimating the smoking demand includes estimating a time period and a location including a possibility of smoking. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein generating the travel plan is performed based on whether an existing smoking facility is present or absent. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises a smoking unit provided with the smoking space, and a traveling unit to which the smoking unit is separably connected. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the travel plan includes a separation position and a separation time of the smoking unit from the traveling unit, and a retrieval time at which the separated smoking unit is connected to the traveling unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller further performs transmitting the generated travel plan as control information for automatic driving of the traveling unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises a smoke treatment apparatus, and the controller further performs activating the smoke treatment apparatus to allow smoke to be exhausted to outside of the vehicle when a predetermined condition permitting smoke exhaust is satisfied. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller further performs displaying, on a user apparatus of a user, at least one of a current arrangement map of the smoking space and information specifying a scheduled date and time at which the smoking space is arranged at a position within a predetermined range from a position of the user apparatus. ### Claim 13 An information processing method, wherein at least one computer performs: estimating smoking demand based on past smoking-related information on a plurality of users; and generating a travel plan for a vehicle including a smoking space based on the estimated smoking demand. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein the smoking-related information includes at least any one of a smoking history and a cigarette purchase history of the plurality of users. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein estimating the smoking demand includes estimating a time period and a location including a possibility of smoking. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein generating the travel plan is performed based on whether an existing smoking facility is present or absent. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein: the vehicle comprises a traveling unit separably connected to a smoking unit provided with the smoking space; and the travel plan includes a separation position and a separation time of the smoking unit from the traveling unit, and a retrieval time at which the separated smoking unit is connected to the traveling unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information processing method according to claim 17, wherein the at least one computer further performs transmitting the generated travel plan as control information for automatic driving of the traveling unit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein the at least one computer further performs displaying, on a user apparatus of a user, at least one of a current arrangement map of the smoking space and information specifying a scheduled date and time at which the smoking space is arranged at a position within a predetermined range from a position of the user apparatus. ### Claim 20 A system comprising: an information processing apparatus comprising a controller including at least one processor configured to perform: estimating smoking demand based on past smoking-related information on a plurality of users; and generating a travel plan for a vehicle including a smoking space based on the estimated smoking demand; and the vehicle.