Control apparatus, system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and discount determination method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaiki Kubo, Taiki Yamashita, Eduard Vandersmitte
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to identify a position of a vehicle presenting an advertisement to outside of the vehicle, and determine whether to apply a discount to a usage fee for the vehicle according to the identified position.
Claims20
A control apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
- identify a position of a vehicle presenting an advertisement to outside of the vehicle;
- and
- determine whether to apply a discount to a usage fee for the vehicle according to the identified position.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program configured to cause a computer mounted or installed in a vehicle to execute operations, the vehicle presenting an advertisement to outside of the vehicle, the operations comprising:
- transmitting candidate data indicating a candidate parking position of the vehicle to a control apparatus configured to determine whether to apply a discount to a usage fee for the vehicle according to a parking position of the vehicle;
- receiving, from the control apparatus, notification data notifying a user whether the discount is to be applied if the vehicle is parked at the position indicated by the transmitted candidate data;
- and
- outputting the received notification data.
A discount determination method comprising:
- presenting, by a vehicle, an advertisement to outside of the vehicle;
- identifying, by a control apparatus, a position of the vehicle;
- and
- determining, by the control apparatus, whether to apply a discount to a usage fee for the vehicle according to the identified position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.