# US 2023/0266136 A1 · Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0266136 A1 - Document ID: US20230266136A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/061,525 - Filed: 2022-12-05 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-18 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA; Shunsuke SAGARA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230266136A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3469: {Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects} - G06V 20/176: {Urban or other man-made structures} - G01C 21/3461: {Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries} - G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)} - G01W 1/10: Devices for predicting weather conditions (computers per se G06; display devices G09) - G06V 20/13: Satellite images - 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) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G01W: METEOROLOGY (radar, sonar, lidar or analogous systems, designed for meteorological use G01S13/95, G01S15/88, G01S17/95) ## Abstract The information processing device acquires first information related to the exhaust gas in a predetermined area at a predetermined timing observed by the artificial satellite. Further, the information processing device acquires the second information regarding the exhaust gas of the vehicle newly generated in the predetermined area after the predetermined timing. Further, the information processing device acquires third information on weather within a predetermined area after a predetermined timing. Then, the information processing device predicts the concentration of the exhaust gas in the predetermined area after the predetermined timing based on the first information, the second information, and the third information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device comprising: a control unit, wherein the control unit executes: acquisition of first information about exhaust gas in a predetermined area at a predetermined timing observed by an artificial satellite; acquisition of second information about exhaust gas of a vehicle that is newly generated in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing; acquisition of third information about weather in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing; and prediction of a concentration of the exhaust gas in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing based on the first information, the second information, and the third information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further executes generation of the second information based on a traffic volume of a vehicle that travels in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit further executes calculation of the traffic volume of the vehicle based on a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle that travels in the predetermined area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further executes transmission of information about the concentration of the exhaust gas to a terminal associated with a user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further executes transmission of information including a scheduled traveling route that does not pass through a specific range to a vehicle that is scheduled to pass through the specific range in which the concentration of the exhaust gas is predicted to be a predetermined level or higher. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further executes determination of a price of fuel for the vehicle in the predetermined area based on the concentration of the exhaust gas. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first information is information about a concentration of a substance related to the exhaust gas in the predetermined area at the predetermined timing. ### Claim 8 An information processing method executed by a computer, comprising: acquiring first information about exhaust gas in a predetermined area at a predetermined timing observed by an artificial satellite; acquiring second information about exhaust gas of a vehicle that is newly generated in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing; acquiring third information about weather in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing; and predicting a concentration of the exhaust gas in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing based on the first information, the second information, and the third information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising generating the second information based on a traffic volume of a vehicle that travels in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising calculating the traffic volume of the vehicle based on a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle that travels in the predetermined area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising transmitting information about the concentration of the exhaust gas to a terminal associated with a user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising transmitting information including a scheduled traveling route that does not pass through a specific range to a vehicle that is scheduled to pass through the specific range in which the concentration of the exhaust gas is predicted to be a predetermined level or higher. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising determining a price of fuel for the vehicle in the predetermined area based on the concentration of the exhaust gas. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein the first information is information about a concentration of a substance related to the exhaust gas in the predetermined area at the predetermined timing. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors and causing the one or more processors to perform functions, wherein the functions includes: acquiring first information about exhaust gas in a predetermined area at a predetermined timing observed by an artificial satellite; acquiring second information about exhaust gas of a vehicle that is newly generated in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing; acquiring third information about weather in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing; and predicting a concentration of the exhaust gas in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing based on the first information, the second information, and the third information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the functions further include generating the second information based on a traffic volume of a vehicle that travels in the predetermined area at or after the predetermined timing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the functions further include calculating the traffic volume of the vehicle based on a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle that travels in the predetermined area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the functions further include transmitting information about the concentration of the exhaust gas to a terminal associated with a user. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the functions further include transmitting information including a scheduled traveling route that does not pass through a specific range to a vehicle that is scheduled to pass through the specific range in which the concentration of the exhaust gas is predicted to be a predetermined level or higher. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the functions further include determining a price of fuel for the vehicle in the predetermined area based on the concentration of the exhaust gas.