Information processing device

Abstract

To provide a technique capable of preferably guiding a user of a vehicle to a charging facility installed in a road rest facility.SOLUTION: A control section of an information processing device detects an entry of a vehicle into a road rest facility having a charging facility. The control section of the information processing device outputs a guide screen as a screen indicating a traveling path for vehicles in the road rest facility according to the detection of the entry of the vehicle into the road rest facility and also as a screen including a GUI component indicating a path from a current position of the vehicle to the charging facility.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus.

Background Art

[0002] In a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) or BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle), a car navigation system that proposes a charging facility according to the charging characteristics of a battery, etc. is known (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology capable of suitably guiding a vehicle user to a charging facility installed in a road rest facility.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] One aspect of the present disclosure is an information processing apparatus. In that case, the information processing apparatus may include, for example, detecting that a vehicle enters a road rest facility where a charging facility is installed, and outputting a guidance screen that is a screen showing a driving route for a vehicle in the road rest facility and on which the position of the charging facility is displayed, in response to detecting that the vehicle has entered the road rest facility, and a control unit that executes the above.

[0006] ​Note that the present disclosure can also be regarded as an information processing method for a computer to execute the processing of an information processing apparatus, an information processing program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method, or a non-transitory storage medium storing the information processing program.

Effects of the Invention

[0007] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a technology capable of suitably guiding a user of a vehicle to a charging facility installed in a road rest facility.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0009] When a user is driving a vehicle equipped with a driving battery such as a BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) on an expressway or other motor vehicle-only road, an SA (Service Area) or a PA (Park There are cases where the battery is charged by stopping at a roadside rest facility such as a Parking Area). By the way, the vehicle lanes in the roadside rest facility are often restricted to one-way traffic. Therefore, there is a possibility that a user who has stopped at a roadside rest facility may drive the vehicle into a lane where it is impossible to reach the charging facility. In that case, the vehicle's battery cannot be charged, which may affect the subsequent driving of the vehicle. Therefore, a method is required to more reliably guide the user of the vehicle that has stopped at the roadside rest facility to the charging facility.

[0010] Therefore, in the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure, it is detected that a vehicle has entered a roadside rest facility where a charging facility is installed. "Detecting that a vehicle has entered a roadside rest facility" in the present disclosure may mean detecting that the vehicle has entered an access road to the roadside rest facility. Such detection may be performed, for example, by a method of comparing the current position of the vehicle with the position of the access road of the roadside rest facility. In another example, such detection may be performed by a method of analyzing an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle.

[0011] In the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure, when it is detected that a vehicle has entered a roadside rest facility, the control unit outputs a guidance screen in response to the detection. The guidance screen according to the present disclosure is a screen showing the vehicle lane in the roadside rest facility and including a GUI component showing the route from the current position of the vehicle to the charging facility.

[0012] According to the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure, the user of the vehicle can reach the charging facility in the roadside rest facility by driving the vehicle along the route displayed on the guidance screen.

[0013] Note that the control unit of the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure may further execute expanding the scale of the guidance screen as the distance between the vehicle and the charging facility becomes smaller. As a result, the user of the vehicle can more accurately recognize the route to the charging facility.

[0014] In addition, the control unit of the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure may further execute detecting that the vehicle has entered a road section where it cannot reach the charging facility, and ending the output of the guidance screen in response to detecting that the vehicle has entered a road section where it cannot reach the charging facility. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the continuous unnecessary display of the guidance screen when the user does not have the intention to charge the battery of the vehicle, such as when the user stops at a road rest facility for the purpose of taking a break. When ending the output of the guidance screen, the control unit of the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure may output information indicating that it has become impossible to charge the battery of the vehicle at the charging facility of the road rest facility.

[0015] Further, the guidance screen in the present disclosure may include information for identifying a road section that can reach the charging facility from the current position of the vehicle and a road section that cannot reach the charging facility from the current position of the vehicle. Thereby, it is possible to suppress a user having the intention to charge the battery of the vehicle from entering the vehicle into a road section where it cannot reach the charging facility.

[0016] Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The hardware configuration, module configuration, functional configuration, etc. described in the following embodiments are not intended to limit the technical scope of the disclosure only to those unless otherwise specified.

[0017] <Embodiment> In this embodiment, an example in which the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure is applied to a system for guiding a charging facility of a road rest facility to a user driving a vehicle (BEV) will be described.

[0018] FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the configuration of the system in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1 In an example, the system in the present embodiment includes a vehicle 10 and an in-vehicle terminal 100 mounted on the vehicle 10. The vehicle 10 in the present embodiment includes a driving battery 120, an electric motor 130 for driving the vehicle 10 using the power of the battery 120, an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) 110 for controlling the battery 120 and the electric motor 130, and is a BEV equipped with . The battery 120 is a secondary battery that can be charged by an external power source. Note that the vehicle 10 is not limited to a BEV and may also be a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle).

[0019] The in-vehicle terminal 100 in the present embodiment is a computer having a car navigation function. The in-vehicle terminal 100 may be constituted only by a car navigation system mounted on the vehicle. Alternatively, the in-vehicle terminal 100 may be configured by combining a plurality of in-vehicle devices such as a DCM (Data Communication Module), a head unit, and a car navigation system. Such an in-vehicle terminal 100 is connected to the ECU 110 through an in-vehicle network based on a standard such as CAN (Controller Area Network), LIN (Local Interconnect Network), or FlexRay. Note that the in-vehicle terminal 100 may be a portable computer (for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal) used by the user of the vehicle 10, and a computer on which a navigation application program is installed. In that case, the in-vehicle terminal 100 may be connected to the ECU 110 through wireless communication based on the BLE standard.

[0020] The in-vehicle terminal 100 in the present embodiment is configured as a computer having a processor (such as a CPU or GPU), a main storage device (such as a RAM and a ROM), and an auxiliary storage device (such as an EPROM, a hard disk drive, and a removable medium). In the present embodiment, the in-vehicle terminal 100 corresponds to the information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the in-vehicle terminal 100 in the present embodiment includes a control unit 101, a storage unit 102, a communication I / F 103, an input / output device 104, a position sensor 105, and the like.

[0021] The control unit 101 realizes various functions as described later by executing a dedicated program stored in the storage unit 102. As an example, the control unit 101 is a hardware processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). and is configured to include. Further, the control unit 101 may further include a RAM, a ROM, a cache memory, and the like. The details of the functions realized by the control unit 101 will be described later.

[0022] The storage unit 102 is configured to include an auxiliary storage device and stores various information. Note that the storage unit 102 may be a storage area constructed in the auxiliary storage device. The information stored in the storage unit 102 includes, in addition to the OS, a program for car navigation, data used by the program, and the like. The data stored in the storage unit 102 in the present embodiment includes map data D200. The map data D200 in the present embodiment includes, in addition to road map data, map data of each of a plurality of road rest facilities. Further, the map data in the present embodiment also includes information for identifying whether a charging facility (an external power supply facility for charging the battery 120 of the vehicle 10) is installed at each of the plurality of road rest facilities.

[0023] The communication I / F 103 includes a communication interface for connecting the in-vehicle terminal 100 to the in-vehicle network, and a wireless communication interface for connecting the in-vehicle terminal 100 to an out-vehicle network (for example, a WAN (Wide Area Network) which is a worldwide public communication network such as the Internet, and a wireless communication network such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), etc.). In one example, the communication I / F 103 may include a communication interface for mobile communication (for example, 3G, LTE, 5G, 6G, etc.) and a wireless communication interface for short-range wireless communication. The communication I / F 103 of the present embodiment communicates with the ECU 110 of the vehicle 10 through the in-vehicle network. Furthermore, the communication I / F 103 of the present embodiment communicates with out-vehicle devices using wireless communication.

[0024] The input / output device 104 receives input operations of the user of the vehicle and presents information to the user. The input / output device 104 includes, for example, an input device such as a touch panel or push button capable of inputting symbols such as characters, and a microphone capable of inputting voice. Furthermore, the input / output device 104 includes an output device such as a display or a speaker. In one example, the input / output device 104 may be configured to include a touch panel display capable of inputting and outputting and a speaker.

[0025] The position sensor 105 acquires position information (for example, latitude and longitude) indicating the current position of the vehicle. In one example, the position sensor 105 may include a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. In another example, the position sensor 105 may be configured to include a wireless communication circuit that utilizes the position information service of Wi-Fi (registered trademark).

[0026] Next, the details of the control unit 101 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 will be described. In addition to the function of guiding the route to the destination set by the user and the function of displaying on the input / output device 104 a road map screen including the current position of the vehicle 10, the control unit 101 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 has a function of displaying on the input / output device 104 a guidance screen of the road rest facility in response to detecting that the vehicle 10 has entered a road rest facility such as an SA or a PA.

[0027] FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a method of detecting that the vehicle 10 has entered a road rest facility. FIG. 2 shows a state where the vehicle 10 has entered from the driving lane of the highway into the access road AL1 of the road rest facility. Here, as one of the functions of the car navigation system, there is a function of acquiring the current position of the vehicle 10 through the position sensor 105 at a predetermined cycle (for example, every several tens of milliseconds to several hundreds of milliseconds) and displaying the acquired current position of the vehicle 10 on the map. In the present embodiment, by using this function, the control unit 101 compares the current position of the vehicle 10 with the position of the access road AL1 of the road rest facility to determine whether the vehicle 10 has entered the access road AL1 of the road rest facility. When the vehicle 10 is equipped with a camera that captures the front of the vehicle 10, it may be determined whether the vehicle 10 has entered the access road AL1 of the road rest facility by analyzing the image captured by the camera.

[0028] The control unit 101 in the present embodiment detects that the vehicle 10 has entered the road rest facility in response to determining that the vehicle 10 has entered the access road AL1 of the road rest facility. When it is detected that the vehicle 10 has entered the road rest facility, the control unit 101 of the present embodiment determines whether a charging facility is installed in the road rest facility based on the map data in the storage unit 102. When it is determined that a charging facility is installed in the road rest facility, the control unit 101 of the present embodiment accesses the map data in the storage unit 102 and extracts the map data within the road rest facility. Then, the control unit 101 generates a guidance screen of the road rest facility using the extracted map data and outputs (displays) the generated guidance screen to the input / output device 104.

[0029] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance screen in a roadside rest facility. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the guidance screen includes the name of the facility of the roadside rest facility ("○○ Service Area" in FIG. 3) and a map within the roadside rest facility. The map within the roadside rest facility includes the positions of rest facilities installed within the roadside rest facility ("Rest House" and "Toilet" in FIG. 3), the positions of a plurality of driving roads for vehicles installed within the roadside rest facility, the positions of parking spaces installed within the roadside rest facility, the positions of charging facilities installed within the roadside rest facility, the current position of vehicle 10, a GUI component (solid arrow G1 in FIG. 3) indicating the route from the current position of vehicle 10 to the charging facility, a GUI component (hollow arrow G2 in FIG. 3) indicating the traveling direction of the plurality of driving roads for vehicles, and a GUI component (cross mark G3 in FIG. 3) for identifying a driving road that cannot reach the charging facility, etc.

[0030] Note that when vehicle 10 is equipped with a camera that captures an image in front of the vehicle 10, a screen in which a GUI component (such as an arrow) indicating the route to the charging facility is superimposed on the image captured by the camera may be used as the guidance screen.

[0031] Also, when vehicle 10 is traveling along the route displayed on the above-described guidance screen, the control unit 101 may calculate the distance between the current position of vehicle 10 and the position of the charging facility, and enlarge the scale of the guidance screen as the calculated distance becomes smaller. The distance between the current position of vehicle 10 and the position of the charging facility here is the distance between the current position of vehicle 10 and the position of the charging facility on the route displayed on the above-described guidance screen. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance screen with an enlarged scale. In the example shown in FIG. 4, only the area including the route from the current position of vehicle 10 to the charging facility in the map within the roadside rest facility is enlarged and displayed. Then, when the current position of vehicle 10 coincides with the position of the charging facility (when vehicle 10 arrives at the charging facility), the control unit 101 terminates the display of the guidance screen and causes the input / output device 104 to display a normal map screen.

[0032] Also, when the vehicle 10 enters a driving route where it cannot reach the charging facility (for example, the driving route where the cross mark G3 is displayed in FIGS. 2 and 3) while the above-described guidance screen is being displayed, the control unit 101 ends the display of the guidance screen and causes the input / output device 104 to display a normal map screen. At this time, the control unit 101 may output information indicating that the battery 120 cannot be charged at the charging facility of the roadside rest facility to the input / output device 104.

[0033] (Flow of processing) Here, the flow of processing executed by the in-vehicle terminal 100 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing routine executed in the in-vehicle terminal 100 at a predetermined cycle (for example, every several tens of milliseconds to several hundreds of milliseconds) when the vehicle 10 is running (for example, when the ignition switch or the power switch is in the ON state).

[0034] In the processing routine of FIG. 5, the control unit 101 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires the current position of the vehicle 10 through the position sensor 105 (step S101). After finishing the execution of the processing in step S101, the control unit 101 executes the processing in step S102.

[0035] In step S102, the control unit 101 determines whether the vehicle 10 has entered the access road AL1 of the roadside rest facility by comparing the current position of the vehicle 10 acquired in step S101 with the map data in the storage unit 102. Specifically, the control unit 101 determines whether the current position of the vehicle 10 matches the position of the access road AL1 of any one of the plurality of roadside rest facilities included in the map data. If the current position of the vehicle 10 does not match the position of the access road AL1 of any of the plurality of roadside rest facilities included in the map data, the control unit 101 determines that the vehicle 10 has not entered the access road AL1 of the roadside rest facility (negative determination in step S102). In that case, the control unit 101 ends the execution of this processing routine. On the other hand, if the current position of the vehicle 10 matches the position of the access road AL1 of any one of the plurality of roadside rest facilities included in the map data, the control unit 101 determines that the vehicle 10 has entered the access road AL1 of the roadside rest facility (positive determination in step S102). In that case, the control unit 101 executes the processing of step S103.

[0036] In step S103, the control unit 101 determines whether a charging facility is installed in the roadside rest facility corresponding to the access road AL1 entered by the vehicle 10 based on the map data in the storage unit 102. If no charging facility is installed in the roadside rest facility (negative determination in step S103), the control unit 101 ends the execution of this processing routine. On the other hand, if a charging facility is installed in the roadside rest facility (positive determination in step S103), the control unit 101 executes the processing of step S104.

[0037] In step S104, the control unit 101 displays a guidance screen corresponding to the roadside rest facility on the input / output device 104. Specifically, the control unit 101 first accesses the map data in the storage unit 102 and extracts the map data within the roadside rest facility. Next, the control unit 101 uses the extracted map data to generate a guidance screen as described with reference to FIG. 3 above. Then, the control unit 101 displays the generated guidance screen on the input / output device 104. After finishing the process of step S104, the control unit 101 executes the process of step S105.

[0038] In step S105, the control unit 101 acquires the current position of the vehicle 10 through the position sensor 105. After finishing the process of step S105, the control unit 101 executes the process of step S106.

[0039] In step S106, the control unit 101 determines whether the vehicle 10 is traveling along the route displayed on the above-described guidance screen. If the vehicle 10 is traveling along the route displayed on the above-described guidance screen (positive determination in step S106), the control unit 101 executes the process of step S107.

[0040] In step S107, the control unit 101 calculates the distance from the current position of the vehicle 10 to the charging facility according to the current position of the vehicle 10 acquired in step S105 and the position of the charging facility within the roadside rest facility. After finishing the process of step S107, the control unit 101 executes the process of step S108.

[0041] In step S108, the control unit 101 enlarges the scale of the guidance screen according to the distance calculated in step S107. In one example, the control unit 101 may enlarge and display an area including only the route from the current position of the vehicle 10 to the charging facility in the map within the roadside rest facility as described with reference to FIG. 4 above. After finishing the process of step S108, the control unit 101 executes the process of step S109.

[0042] In step S109, the control unit 101 acquires the current position of the vehicle 10 through the position sensor 105. When the control unit 101 finishes executing the process of step S109, it executes the process of step S110.

[0043] In step S110, the control unit 101 determines whether the vehicle 10 has arrived at the charging facility according to the current position of the vehicle 10 acquired in step S109 and the position of the charging facility within the roadside rest facility. At this time, if the current position of the vehicle 10 acquired in step S109 does not match the position of the charging facility within the roadside rest facility, the control unit 101 determines that the vehicle 10 has not arrived at the charging facility (negative determination in step S110). In that case, the control unit 101 executes the processes after step S105 again. On the other hand, if the current position of the vehicle 10 acquired in step S109 matches the position of the charging facility within the roadside rest facility, the control unit 101 determines that the vehicle 10 has arrived at the charging facility (positive determination in step S110). In that case, the control unit 101 executes the process of step S111.

[0044] In step S111, the control unit 101 ends the display of the guidance screen and causes the input / output device 104 to display a normal map screen. When the control unit 101 finishes executing the process of step S111, it ends the execution of this processing routine.

[0045] In step S106 described above, when the vehicle 10 enters a driving route (for example, the driving route where the cross mark G3 is displayed in FIGS. 2 and 3) where it cannot reach the charging facility, the control unit 101 determines that the vehicle 10 is not driving along the route displayed on the above-described guidance screen (negative determination in step S106). In that case, the control unit 101 proceeds to step S111, ends the display of the guidance screen, and causes the input / output device 104 to display a normal map screen. At this time, the control unit 101 may output information indicating that it has become impossible to charge the battery 120 at the charging facility of the roadside rest facility to the input / output device 104 as described above.

[0046] (Actions and Effects of the Embodiment) In the above-described embodiment, in response to detecting that the vehicle has entered a road rest facility where a charging facility is installed, the in-vehicle terminal 100 displays a guidance screen including a GUI component indicating a driving route within the road rest facility, a GUI component indicating a route from the current position of the vehicle 10 to the charging facility, a GUI component identifying a driving route that cannot reach the charging facility from the current position of the vehicle 10, and a GUI component indicating the traveling direction of each driving route. As a result, the user of the vehicle 10 can reach the charging facility within the road rest facility by driving the vehicle 10 according to the route displayed on the guidance screen. As a result, a user who has stopped at a road rest facility for the purpose of charging the battery 120 of the vehicle 10 can more surely reach the charging facility.

[0047] Also, in this embodiment, the in-vehicle terminal 100 enlarges the scale of the guidance screen as the distance between the vehicle 10 and the charging facility decreases within the road rest facility. Thereby, the user of the vehicle 10 can more accurately recognize the route to the charging facility.

[0048] Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the in-vehicle terminal 100 detects that the vehicle 10 has entered a driving route where it cannot reach the charging facility, the in-vehicle terminal 100 ends the output of the guidance screen. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the unnecessary continuous display of the guidance screen when the user does not have the intention to charge the battery 120 of the vehicle 10, such as when the user of the vehicle 10 stops at a road rest facility for the purpose of rest. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the user of the vehicle 10 from feeling annoyance.

[0049] Therefore, according to this embodiment, the charging facility installed in the road rest facility can be suitably guided to the user of the vehicle 10.

[0050] <Modification Example> In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the in-vehicle terminal 100 displays a guidance screen in response to detecting that the vehicle 10 has entered a roadside rest facility where a charging facility is installed. In contrast, in this modified example, an example will be described in which the in-vehicle terminal 100 outputs a guidance screen on the condition that the remaining amount of the battery 120 (battery remaining amount) of the vehicle 10 is less than a threshold value when it is detected that the vehicle 10 has entered a roadside rest facility where a charging facility is installed.

[0051] Here, when the user of the vehicle 10 stops at a roadside rest facility for the purpose of taking a break, there is a possibility that the remaining battery amount is relatively large (the need to charge the battery 120 is low). In such a case, if the in-vehicle terminal 100 displays a guidance screen, the user may feel annoyed. Therefore, in this modified example, when it is detected that the vehicle 10 has entered a roadside rest facility where a charging facility is installed, if the remaining battery amount is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the in-vehicle terminal 100 is configured not to display the guidance screen. The remaining battery amount here may be, for example, the SOC (State Of Charge) of the battery 120. Also, the threshold value here may be, for example, the remaining battery amount required when the vehicle 10 travels to a preset destination. As another example, the threshold value may be a preset fixed value (for example, 80%). As another example, the threshold value may be a preset fixed value (for example, 80%).

[0052] The control unit 101 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 in this modified example communicates with the ECU 110 through the communication I / F 103 in response to detecting that the vehicle 10 has entered a roadside rest facility where a charging facility is installed, thereby acquiring the remaining battery amount (SOC). Then, the control unit 101 determines whether the SOC is equal to or greater than the threshold value. If the SOC is less than the threshold value, the control unit 101 displays the guidance screen on the input / output device 104. On the other hand, if the SOC is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the control unit 101 does not display the guidance screen on the input / output device 104.

[0053] (Flow of processing) Here, the flow of the process executed by the in-vehicle terminal 100 in this modified example will be described with reference to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing routine executed by the in-vehicle terminal 100 at a predetermined cycle when the vehicle 10 is running. In FIG. 6, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same processes as those in FIG. 5 described above. Here, the processes different from those in FIG. 5 will be described, and the description of the same processes as those in FIG. 5 will be omitted.

[0054] In the processing routine of FIG. 6, when an affirmative determination is made in step S103, the control unit 101 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 executes the process of step S201. In step S201, the control unit 101 communicates with the ECU 110 through the communication I / F 103 to obtain the SOC (battery remaining amount) of the battery 120. After the control unit 101 finishes executing the process of step S202, it executes the process of step S202.

[0055] In step S202, the control unit 101 determines whether the battery remaining amount obtained in step S201 is less than the threshold value. As described above, the threshold value may be the battery remaining amount required when the vehicle 10 travels to the destination set by the user, or a preset fixed value (for example, 80%). When the battery remaining amount is equal to or greater than the threshold value (negative determination in step S202), the control unit 101 ends the execution of this processing routine. On the other hand, when the battery remaining amount is less than the threshold value (affirmative determination in step S202), the control unit 101 executes the processes after step S104.

[0056] According to the modified example described above, the in-vehicle terminal 100 can display the guidance screen only when the battery remaining amount when the vehicle 10 enters the road rest facility where the charging facility is installed is less than the threshold value. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the user of the vehicle 10 from feeling annoyance.

[0057] <Others> The above-described embodiments are merely examples, and the present disclosure can be implemented with appropriate modifications without departing from the gist thereof. For example, among the functions of the in-vehicle terminal 100, the function of generating a guidance screen may be performed by an external device (e.g., a server or the like) connected to the in-vehicle terminal 100 through a network.

[0058] The present disclosure can also be realized by supplying a computer program (information processing program) that implements the functions described in the above embodiments to a computer, and causing one or more processors included in the computer to read and execute the program. Such a computer program may be provided to the computer by a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium connectable to the system bus of the computer, or may be provided to the computer via a network. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is a recording medium that stores information such as data and programs by an electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action and can be read by a computer or the like. Examples of such a recording medium include any type of disk such as a magnetic disk (e.g., a floppy (registered trademark) disk or an HDD) or an optical disk (e.g., a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, or a Blu-ray disk). Further, the recording medium may be a medium such as a ROM, a RAM, an EPROM, an EEP M, a magnetic card, a flash memory, an optical card, or an SSD (Solid State Drive) and the like.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0059] 10... Vehicle, 100... In-vehicle terminal, 101... Control unit, 102... Storage unit, 103... Communication I / F, 104... Input / output device, 105... Position sensor, 110... ECU, 120... Battery, 130... Electric motor

Claims

1. Detecting that a vehicle enters a road rest facility where a charging facility is installed; Outputting a guidance screen which is a screen showing a driving route for the vehicle in the road rest facility and includes a GUI component showing a route from the current position of the vehicle to the charging facility, in response to detecting that the vehicle has entered the road rest facility; An information processing apparatus comprising a control unit that executes the above. Information processing apparatus.

2. The control unit further executes enlarging the scale of the guidance screen as the distance between the vehicle and the charging facility becomes smaller. The information processing apparatus according to Claim 1.

3. The control unit Detects that the vehicle has entered a driving route where the vehicle cannot reach the charging facility; Ends the output of the guidance screen in response to detecting that the vehicle has entered a driving route where the vehicle cannot reach the charging facility; Further executes the above. The information processing apparatus according to Claim 1.

4. The guidance screen includes information for distinguishing a driving route that can reach the charging facility from the current position of the vehicle and a driving route that cannot reach the charging facility from the current position of the vehicle. The information processing apparatus according to Claim 1.

5. Outputting the guidance screen Includes obtaining a remaining battery level which is the remaining amount of the battery mounted on the vehicle; Outputting the guidance screen in response to the remaining battery level being less than a threshold value. Including the above. The information processing apparatus according to Claim 1.

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