# US 2021/0241620 A1 · Leading system, leading device, and control method of leading system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241620 A1 - Document ID: US20210241620A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/237,663 - Filed: 2021-04-22 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-28 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA; Chikage KUBO; Ai FUJIMURA; Shunsuke NODA; Satoshi USUI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241620A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/123: indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) - G08G 1/005: including pedestrian guidance indicator - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/024: Guidance services - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - 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}) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors of a terminal and that cause the one or more processors to execute a method comprising: receiving, by the terminal from a server, a request signal that includes (i) position information relating to a position of a vehicle and (ii) vehicle identification information of the vehicle; displaying, on the terminal, map information including the position information; receiving, from a device provided in the vehicle when the terminal enters a first area around the vehicle, a signal that includes vehicle identification information that matches the vehicle identification information included in the request signal; and displaying, on the terminal in response to reception of the signal from the device provided in the vehicle that includes the vehicle identification information, first information indicating that the vehicle is near the terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the map information is displayed before the terminal enters the first area around the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises displaying on the terminal, second information indicating a distance between the vehicle and the terminal after displaying the first information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving vehicle information specifying the vehicle; and displaying on the terminal the vehicle information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 3, wherein the second information indicating the distance between the vehicle and the terminal is updated as the terminal approaches the vehicle, and the method further comprises: displaying on the terminal the updated second information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: outputting, via a speaker of the terminal, the second information indicating the distance between the vehicle and the terminal after displaying the first information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, or a portable sized personal computer. ### Claim 8 A leading system comprising: a device provided in a vehicle and configured to output a predetermined signal to an area around the vehicle, the predetermined signal including vehicle identification information; and a terminal configured to: receive, from a server, a request signal that includes (i) position information relating to a position of the vehicle and (ii) vehicle identification information that matches the vehicle identification information included in the predetermined signal, receive, from the device provided in the vehicle when the terminal enters the area around the vehicle, the predetermined signal that includes the vehicle identification information that matches the vehicle identification information included in the request signal, display, in response to reception of the predetermined signal that includes the vehicle identification information, first information indicating that the vehicle is near the terminal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The leading system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is further configured to display map information including the position information before the terminal enters the area around the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The leading system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is further configured to display second information indicating a distance between the vehicle and the terminal after the terminal displays the first information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The leading system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is further configured to: receive vehicle information specifying the vehicle; and display the vehicle information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The leading system according to claim 10, wherein: the second information indicating the distance between the vehicle and the terminal is updated as the terminal approaches the vehicle; and the terminal is further configured to display the updated second information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The leading system according to claim 10, wherein the terminal is further configured to: output, via a speaker, the second information indicating the distance between the vehicle and the terminal after displaying the first information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The leading system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, or a portable sized personal computer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The leading system according to claim 8, wherein the device is a beacon provided in the vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The leading system according to claim 15, wherein the vehicle identification information is a beacon ID associated with the beacon provided in the vehicle. ### Claim 17 A method performed in a terminal, comprising: receiving, by the terminal from a server, a request signal that includes (i) position information relating to a position of a vehicle and (ii) vehicle identification information of the vehicle; displaying, on the terminal, map information including the position information; receiving, from a device provided in the vehicle when the terminal enters a first area around the vehicle, a signal that includes vehicle identification information that matches the vehicle identification information included in the request signal; and displaying, on the terminal in response to reception of the signal from the device provided in the vehicle that includes the vehicle identification information, first information indicating that the vehicle is near the terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the map information is displayed before the terminal enters the first area around the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising displaying on the terminal, second information indicating a distance between the vehicle and the terminal after displaying the first information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising: receiving vehicle information specifying the vehicle; and displaying on the terminal the vehicle information.