Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and program

Abstract

To notify a user driving a vehicle in an appropriate situation.SOLUTION: To associate an area with a user based on a driving history or an attribute of the user of a vehicle. A user's tolerance for danger is set based on an area associated with the user. To acquire public safety information indicating a public safety situation of an area related to a vehicle. Whether or not to notify the user is determined based on the tolerance and the public safety information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, there are technologies that measure the degree of danger to a user and notify the user. Patent Document 1 discloses a system that calculates a predicted degree of danger according to the situation or attributes of the user of a mobile terminal or an accessory of the mobile terminal, and notifies the calculated degree of danger to a predetermined terminal device. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] International Publication No. 2009 / 075294 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the technology described in Patent Document 1, the timing of notifying the risk level is not specified, and there is a risk that the user may overlook the risk level notification, for example, while driving a vehicle.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to notify a user who drives a vehicle in an appropriate situation. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] According to the present invention, associating an area with a user of a vehicle based on the user's driving history or attributes; a setting step of setting a risk tolerance for the user based on an area associated with the user; an acquisition step of acquiring security information indicating the security situation of an area related to the vehicle; a first determination step of determining whether to notify the user based on the tolerance and the public safety information; An information processing method is provided, comprising: [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the present invention, it is possible to notify a user who drives a vehicle in an appropriate situation. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus. [Figure 3] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus. [Figure 4] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of information processing by an information processing device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention as claimed, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential to the invention. Two or more of the features described in the embodiments may be combined in any desired manner. Furthermore, the same reference numerals are used to designate identical or similar components, and redundant descriptions will be omitted.

[0010] It is possible to know which areas are unsafe in familiar areas, but when traveling far away, it becomes difficult to know whether the area is unsafe or not. As a result, some users do not want to get involved in troublesome trouble such as crime, but it is difficult to be appropriately vigilant when traveling far away. In particular, even when traveling with family and wanting to avoid unnecessary trouble as much as possible, it is difficult to understand the dangerous situation in real time while driving.

[0011] From this perspective, an information processing device that performs the information processing method according to this embodiment associates an area with a user based on the driving history or attributes of the user of the vehicle, sets a risk tolerance for the user based on the area associated with the user, acquires security information indicating the security situation in the area related to the vehicle, and determines whether to notify the user based on the tolerance and security information. In particular, by notifying the user when the security information is somewhat high compared to the user's risk tolerance, it becomes possible to notify the user driving the vehicle of risk in an appropriate situation.

[0012] A system including an information processing device that performs an information processing method according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 1. In Fig. 1, an information processing device 100 mounted on a vehicle 110 is connected to a server 130 via a network 120. The information processing device 100 is also connected to a terminal (user terminal) 140 owned by a user 145 of the vehicle 110 so as to be able to communicate with the terminal 140.

[0013] 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing device 100 according to this embodiment. The information processing device 100 includes a processing unit 201, a storage unit 202, and a communication unit 203. The processing unit 201 is a processor typified by a CPU, and executes programs stored in the storage unit 202. The storage unit 202 is a storage device such as a RAM, a ROM, or a hard disk. The communication unit 203 includes a wired or wireless communication interface capable of communicating with the vehicle 110 or the terminal 140 via a communication network.

[0014] The storage unit 202 stores various data in addition to the program executed by the processing unit 201. The program may be installed in the information processing device 100 from the server 130 or a storage medium such as a CD-ROM. The storage unit 202 according to this embodiment is assumed to register the terminal 140 owned by the user 145 corresponding to the vehicle 110 in association with the vehicle 110. The storage unit 202 also stores information indicating the association between the user 145 and the area by the association unit 111, which will be described later. Here, the description will be given assuming that one terminal 140 is associated with the vehicle 110, but the number of terminals 140 associated with the vehicle 110 is not particularly limited.

[0015] In the present embodiment, the processing described below is performed by the information processing device 100 mounted on the vehicle 110, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration as long as it is possible to perform similar processing. For example, some or all of the processing described below as being performed by each functional unit of the information processing device 100 may be performed by the terminal 140 or the server 130.

[0016] 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a vehicle 110 equipped with an information processing device 100 according to this embodiment. Known functional units related to driving the vehicle, such as a motor, can be used, and a description thereof will be omitted here. The vehicle 110 includes, as functional units of the information processing device 100, an association unit 111, a setting unit 112, an acquisition unit 113, and a determination unit 114. Each of these functional units will be described below.

[0017] The associating unit 111 associates an area with the user 145 based on the driving history or attributes of the user 145 of the vehicle 110. Hereinafter, the area associated with the user 145 by the associating unit 111 may be simply referred to as a corresponding area (with the user 145).

[0018] For example, the associating unit 111 can use the user's regional attributes as the user's attributes to associate the residential area, commuting area, or school area of ​​the user 145 (or a person such as a roommate who is recorded in association with the user 145) with the user 145 as a corresponding area. Here, information indicating the residential area, commuting area, or school area is set in advance by the user on an application as the user's regional attributes, but may also be estimated based on, for example, the parking location or driving history. Furthermore, for example, the associating unit 111 may associate with the user 145 an area in which the vehicle 110 has traveled a certain number of times in a certain period (for example, 10 times in one month) or more as a corresponding area based on the driving history of the user 145.

[0019] The "area" according to this embodiment may be set in any manner as long as it is a partial area set on a map. For example, the area may refer to each area obtained by dividing a map into predetermined units such as cities, wards, towns, and villages, an area indicating a certain range centered on a predetermined landmark, or a rectangular area set on a map such as a shopping center or a section of a highway. Here, among the areas set on the map in advance, an area in which the vehicle 110 has traveled a certain number of times or more within a certain period may be associated as the corresponding area. Furthermore, for example, an area set based on a section in which the vehicle 110 has traveled a certain number of times or more within a certain period (e.g., an area of ​​a certain width centered on such an area) may be associated as the corresponding area. This process enables the corresponding area to be set without requiring the user to perform input.

[0020] Furthermore, for example, the "area" according to this embodiment may be an area set based on the location of the vehicle. In particular, a predetermined range (such as a circle with a radius of 1 km) centered on the vehicle can be used as an area related to the vehicle, which will be described later. The area related to the vehicle will be described later.

[0021] The driving history of the vehicle 110 is information stored in association with the position information of the vehicle 110 during driving and the time. The position information of the vehicle 110 may be managed by the server 130 based on a position sensor (not shown), such as a GPS, that the vehicle 110 has. The vehicle-related information acquisition unit 111 may also acquire the position information of the vehicle 110 by referring to position information acquired by a terminal 140 (owned by the user of the vehicle 110) that is associated with the vehicle 110. The position information of the vehicle 110 can be acquired using any method for managing the position information of the vehicle on a map, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0022] The setting unit 112 sets the user 145's tolerance for danger (hereinafter, simply referred to as "(user 145's) tolerance") based on the corresponding area. Here, the user's tolerance is an evaluation value expressed in a predetermined scale (for example, a five-scale scale from 1 to 5). In this embodiment, a tolerance is set in advance for each area, and the user 145's tolerance is set based on the tolerance for the corresponding area. For example, if the corresponding area includes only a single area, the setting unit 112 sets the tolerance set for such area as the user 145's tolerance. Also, for example, if the corresponding area includes multiple areas, the setting unit 112 may set the user 145's tolerance based on the tolerances for such multiple areas (for example, as an average value). Here, the tolerance for each area is set in advance in an application running on the in-vehicle device of the vehicle 110. However, it may also be set based on, for example, input information for the area by the user of the application. Furthermore, when simply referring to an "application" below, this refers to an application that runs on the vehicle equipment of vehicle 110 as described above (for example, an application with a route guidance function), but the same explanation may also be applied to an application that runs on terminal 140 that functions in cooperation with such an application.

[0023] The acquisition unit 113 acquires security information indicating the security situation of an area related to the vehicle 110. The security information according to this embodiment is information set for each area and indicating the security situation of the area. The security information may be, for example, an evaluation value (attention level) that indicates the degree of security using a predetermined scale (for example, five scales from 1 to 5). Here, it is assumed that the degree of security is set in advance for each area on an application running on an in-vehicle device of the vehicle 110. However, it may also be set based on information input for the area by a user of the application, for example, or based on the number of events, such as accidents, that have occurred in the area. In the following description, it is assumed that the above-mentioned attention level indicating the degree of security using five scales from 1 to 5 is set as security information for each area.

[0024] For example, a predetermined range centered on a shopping center may be set as the area, and security information about the facilities included in the shopping center may be used as security information for the area. Security information about the facilities included in the shopping center may be, for example, the number of incidents of trouble in the parking lot of the shopping center or word-of-mouth information about the restrooms in the shopping center.

[0025] The area related to the vehicle may be, for example, the area in which the vehicle is located. Here, the area in which the vehicle 110 is located may be the area in which the vehicle 110 is present among the above-described predetermined areas, or may be an area set based on the position of the vehicle 110 (such as a predetermined range centered on the position of the vehicle 110). Here, the area in which the vehicle is located is set based on vehicle position information acquired at the time when the determination unit 114 executes a process (details of which will be described later) for determining whether or not to notify the user, but vehicle position information acquired at a different time may also be used.

[0026] Furthermore, for example, the area related to the vehicle may be an area set based on the location of the vehicle during a predetermined period of time. For example, the acquisition unit 113 may treat, as the area related to the vehicle, an area of ​​a predetermined width centered on a location where the vehicle was located during the predetermined period (here, a linear area on a map) among predefined areas, including the location of the vehicle during the predetermined period of time. Furthermore, for example, an area set based on the location of the vehicle during the predetermined period of time may be used as the area related to the vehicle. Note that the "predefined period" here may be a predetermined period before a reference point of time, or a predetermined period before or after the reference point of time, and may be arbitrarily set based on a point of time when a condition is satisfied. For example, the acquisition unit 113 may acquire security information for an area related to the vehicle, by setting, as a region of a predetermined width centered on the location of the vehicle during the 30 seconds immediately prior to the timing at which the determination unit 114, described below, executes a process for determining whether to notify the user.

[0027] The area related to the vehicle may also be an area set based on the planned driving route of the vehicle. For example, the area of ​​a destination set in the planned driving route of the vehicle may be used as the area related to the vehicle. The planned driving route of the vehicle 110 can be input using known driving assistance technology, and may be input, for example, via a device equipped with a car navigation function mounted on the vehicle 110, or a terminal 140 that communicates with the vehicle 110. These processes make it possible to set the area related to the vehicle without requiring the user to take the time to input information.

[0028] The acquisition unit 113 according to this embodiment can acquire security information for such an area related to the vehicle. As described above, the attention level as security information may be set for each area defined in advance on a map, and the attention level for the area where the vehicle is located may be acquired by the acquisition unit 113. Here, if the area related to the vehicle is an area set based on the position of the vehicle during a predetermined period and spans multiple areas defined in advance on a map, the acquisition unit 113 may acquire the average value of the areas as security information, or may acquire the weighted sum of the attention levels of the predefined areas that the area related to the vehicle spans (for example, using weights according to the area ratios of the areas included in the area related to the vehicle) as security information. The attention levels of each area can be integrated under any condition.

[0029] Next, a processing example will be described in which no area is predefined on the map. In this case, a predetermined range set based on the location of the vehicle 110 is used as the area related to the vehicle. For example, the acquisition unit 113 may set a predetermined range centered on the vehicle 110 as the area related to the vehicle and set the attention level according to the number of events occurring in the area. Here, events in the area include crimes, traffic accidents, the appearance of suspicious persons, and other troubles. Here, the occurrence of such events may be automatically acquired by an application along with the time and location information of the event, or may be registered based on input from each user. There is no particular limitation on the recording method as long as it can be referenced from the terminal of the user 145. Based on the frequency of occurrence of such events in the area related to the vehicle, the acquisition unit 113 may acquire attention levels of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, when the number of events occurring in the last week is 0 to 2, 3 to 4, 5 to 7, 8 to 10, and 11 or more. For example, an evaluation value may be set for each occurrence of each event, and the level of alertness may be calculated based on the total value obtained by adding up the evaluation values ​​of those events (for example, by referring to a table that stores the level of alertness corresponding to the total evaluation value).

[0030] The decision unit 114 decides whether to notify the user 145 based on the tolerance of the user 145 set by the setting unit 112 and the public safety information acquired by the acquisition unit 113. For example, the decision unit 114 may compare the warning level represented by the values ​​1 to 5 described above with the tolerance level represented by the values ​​1 to 5, and decide whether to notify the user 145 based on the relationship between these values. In the following description, the "tolerance level" to be compared with the warning level will be described as the tolerance level represented by the five-level values ​​1 to 5 described above.

[0031] Furthermore, for example, the determination unit 114 may determine to provide a notification that presents information to alert the user when the level of alertness is higher than the tolerance level and the absolute value of the difference between the level of alertness and the tolerance level is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (e.g., 2 or greater). The alert information according to this embodiment may be a preset audio message or a text message, such as "Please be careful" or "Drive carefully." The audio message may also be a preset alert message. This process enables a notification to be provided when the security situation in the driving area is expected to be outside the user's tolerance range.

[0032] The decision unit 114 may also perform control so as to notify when the absolute value of the difference between the alert level and the tolerance level is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The timing of notification can be controlled. For example, the determination unit 114 may determine that the predetermined condition is satisfied when detecting that an opening / closing object of the vehicle 110 has been opened or closed. Here, the opening / closing object may be, for example, a vehicle door or a vehicle window (particularly, the driver's door window). When the vehicle door is opened or closed, it is considered that the person is getting off or getting into the vehicle 110, and it is also assumed that the window is opened or closed while the vehicle is stopped (i.e., the person is not driving and has time to check the notification). By providing a notification in response to detecting the opening or closing of such an opening / closing object, the notification is provided at a timing when the user 145 has time to check the notification, thereby reducing the possibility of the notification being overlooked.

[0033] Furthermore, for example, the determination unit 114 may determine that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the destination of the vehicle 110 is determined. Here, determining the destination of the vehicle may be an initial setting of the destination on the planned travel route, or may be resetting the destination while traveling. By issuing a notification triggered by the determination of the destination, the notification is sent at the timing when the user 145 is looking at the screen to set the destination, which can contribute to ensuring that the user is aware that they are about to travel into a dangerous area.

[0034] It should be noted that other conditions may be used as the predetermined conditions as long as they are considered appropriate for notifying the user. For example, even if the vehicle is in operation,

[0035] The notification according to this embodiment may also include information regarding the level of attention required in an area included in the planned driving route set in the vehicle 110. Here, the area included in the planned driving route refers to the area of ​​the departure point, the area to be passed through, or the area of ​​the destination on the planned driving route.

[0036] The information about the level of caution for an area may be, for example, the crime rate, traffic accident rate, information about suspicious persons, or the number of incidents of trouble in the area, or word-of-mouth information from residents or visitors of the area. For example, the decision unit 114 may play a voice message to warn the driver, including information about the high / low crime rate or traffic accident rate. For example, if the public safety information about the road on which the driver is traveling indicates that traffic accidents occur with a frequency greater than a predetermined frequency, the decision unit 114 may decide to issue a notification such as "This is a road where accidents frequently occur."

[0037] Note that the "number of troubles" here refers to information indicating the number of troubles registered as occurring in the area (for example, on an application) within a predetermined period, such as traffic accidents. Furthermore, word-of-mouth information refers to information entered by users for the area (for example, on an application).

[0038] For example, if there is information that a suspicious person has been spotted at the SA that is set as the destination and the warning level is set to 5, while the tolerance level of the traveling user 145 is set to 3, it is conceivable that the destination is a place with poor security for the user. Therefore, the determination unit 114 may issue a notification such as "Suspicious people have been spotted at the SA that is the destination, so you need to be extra careful," and if there is an SA with a lower warning level within a predetermined range (for example, within a 5-km radius) from the current location, the determination unit 114 may additionally present that SA and issue a notification suggesting that "it would be safer to set this SA as your destination."

[0039] In this embodiment, the attention level is described as being included in the public safety information, but the present invention is not limited to this, as long as the attention level is set based on the public safety information. For example, the initial value of the attention level for an area may be set to 1, and the attention level may be increased according to information included in the public safety information, particularly the crime rate, traffic accident rate, suspicious person information, or number of trouble occurrences in the area. In this case, for example, the attention level may be increased by 1 for each item of the crime rate, traffic accident rate, suspicious person information, and number of trouble occurrences that exceeds a respective threshold.

[0040] Hereinafter, the process of determining whether or not to issue a notification, performed by the information processing device 100 according to this embodiment, will be described with reference to Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of information processing by the information processing device 100. The process shown in Fig. 4 is started when an operation start instruction is issued on an application by the processing unit 201 of the information processing device 100.

[0041] In S401, the associating unit 111 associates a corresponding area with the user 145 based on the driving history or attributes of the user 145 of the vehicle 110. Here, for example, the corresponding area is the residential area of ​​the user 145. In S402, the setting unit 112 sets the tolerance of the user 145 based on the corresponding area associated in S401.

[0042] In S403, the acquisition unit 113 acquires security information indicating the security situation in the area related to the vehicle. Here, the attention level is used as the security information. In S404, the decision unit 114 decides whether to notify the user 145 based on the tolerance level set in S402 and the security information acquired in S403. Here, the decision unit 114 decides to notify the user 145 when the absolute value of the difference between the tolerance level, which is expressed as a value from 1 to 5, and the attention level, which is also expressed as a value from 1 to 5, is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. If a notification is to be made, the process proceeds to S405; if not, the process proceeds to S406.

[0043] In S405, the determination unit 114 notifies the user 145, and the process proceeds to S406. Here, the determination unit 114 notifies the user 145 of information that calls attention. Furthermore, the determination unit 114 may include information about the level of attention of the area in the notification, as described above, based on the security information of the area acquired in S401.

[0044] In S406, the processing unit 201 determines whether to continue the processing shown in Fig. 4. Here, for example, if the user has not performed an end operation, the processing continues. If the processing continues, the processing returns to S401, and if not, the processing shown in Fig. 4 ends.

[0045] According to this process, an area is associated with a user based on the user's driving history or attributes, and the user's tolerance level is set based on the associated area. Next, public safety information for the area related to the vehicle is acquired, and it is determined whether or not to notify the user based on the tolerance level and the public safety information. In particular, a notification can be sent when a predetermined condition is met, such as when the absolute value of the difference between the tolerance level and the warning level is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and when the destination is determined. Therefore, it is possible to notify the user of the vehicle in an appropriate situation, thereby reducing the chance of missing notifications.

[0046] Note that the values ​​exemplified in this embodiment are merely examples, and any value may be used as long as it is possible to execute each process in the same way. For example, in this embodiment, the alert level and tolerance level are both values ​​in five stages from 1 to 5, but they may also be values ​​in 500 stages from 0.01 to 5.00 using two decimal places.

[0047] [Summary of the embodiment] The above-described embodiments disclose at least the following information processing method, information processing device, and program.

[0048] 1. The information processing method of the above embodiment is an associating step (e.g., S401) of associating an area with a user of a vehicle based on the user's driving history or attributes; A setting step (e.g., S402) of setting the user's risk tolerance based on the area associated with the user; An acquisition step (e.g., S403) of acquiring security information indicating the security situation of an area related to the vehicle; a first determination step (e.g., S404) of determining whether to notify the user based on the tolerance and the public safety information; Equipped with. According to this embodiment, it is possible to notify the user who is driving the vehicle in an appropriate situation.

[0049] 2. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the area related to the vehicle is the area in which the vehicle is located. According to this embodiment, security information can be obtained based on the location of the vehicle.

[0050] 3. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the area in which the vehicle is located is an area that is set based on the position of the vehicle during a predetermined period of time. According to this embodiment, security information can be obtained based on the vehicle's location for a predetermined period of time even while the vehicle is moving.

[0051] 4. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the area in which the vehicle is located is an area that is set based on the position of the vehicle during a predetermined period that is set based on the timing when the first determination step is performed. According to this embodiment, security information can be obtained based on the vehicle's location for a predetermined period of time even while the vehicle is moving.

[0052] 5. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the area related to the vehicle is an area set based on a planned driving route of the vehicle. According to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a notification based on security information about the planned travel route.

[0053] 6. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the area related to the vehicle is the destination of the vehicle. According to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a notification based on security information of the destination.

[0054] 7. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the area associated with the user is an area in which the vehicle has traveled a certain number of times or more within a certain period of time. According to this embodiment, it is possible to set the corresponding area without requiring the user to take the trouble of making an input.

[0055] 8. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the attribute is a regional attribute of the user; The area associated with the user includes the user's residential area or commuter or school area. According to this embodiment, it is possible to associate areas according to the regional attributes of the user.

[0056] 9. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the notification includes at least one of the crime rate in the area, the traffic accident rate in the area, information on suspicious persons in the area, the number of incidents of trouble in the area, word-of-mouth information from residents of the area, and word-of-mouth information from visitors to the area. According to this embodiment, it is possible to include area-related information in the notification to the user.

[0057] 10. In the information processing method of the above embodiment, the first decision step decides to make the notification when the difference between the evaluation value indicating the poor security contained in the security information and the evaluation value indicating the tolerance is greater than or equal to a threshold value. According to this embodiment, it is possible to notify the user when the security situation in the travel area is expected to be outside the range acceptable to the user.

[0058] 11. The information processing method of the above embodiment further includes a second determination step of determining a destination of the vehicle; The first determination process controls the notification to be made when the difference between the evaluation value indicating the poor security contained in the security information and the evaluation value indicating the tolerance is greater than or equal to a threshold value and the vehicle's destination is determined. According to this embodiment, the notification is sent at a timing when the user has time to check the notification, thereby reducing the possibility that the notification will be overlooked.

[0059] 12. The information processing method of the above embodiment further includes a detection step of detecting whether an opening / closing body provided in the vehicle is opened or closed, The first determination process controls the notification to be made when the difference between the evaluation value indicating the poor security contained in the security information and the evaluation value indicating the tolerance is equal to or greater than a threshold value and it is detected that the opening / closing body equipped on the vehicle has been opened or closed. According to this embodiment, the notification is sent at a timing when the user has time to check the notification, thereby reducing the possibility that the notification will be overlooked.

[0060] 13. The information processing device of the above embodiment is Associating means (e.g., 111) for associating an area with a user of a vehicle based on the user's driving history or attributes; A setting means (e.g., 112) for setting the user's risk tolerance based on the area associated with the user; Acquiring means (e.g., 113) for acquiring security information indicating the security situation of an area related to the vehicle; a decision means (e.g., 114) for deciding whether to notify the user based on the tolerance and the security information; Equipped with. According to this embodiment, it is possible to notify the user who is driving the vehicle in an appropriate situation.

[0061] 14. The program of the above embodiment causes a computer to function as each of the means of the information processing device according to claim 13. According to this embodiment, it is possible to notify the user who is driving the vehicle in an appropriate situation.

[0062] Although the embodiments of the invention have been described above, the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0063] 100: Information processing device, 110: Vehicle, 120: Network, 130: Server, 140: Terminal, 145: User

Claims

1. associating an area with a user of a vehicle based on the user's driving history or attributes; a setting step of setting a risk tolerance for the user based on an area associated with the user; an acquisition step of acquiring security information indicating the security situation of an area related to the vehicle; a first determination step of determining whether to notify the user based on the tolerance and the public safety information; An information processing method comprising:

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the area relating to the vehicle is an area in which the vehicle is located.

3. 3. The information processing method according to claim 2, wherein the area in which the vehicle is located is an area that is set based on the location of the vehicle during a predetermined period of time.

4. 4. The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the area in which the vehicle is located is an area set based on the location of the vehicle during a predetermined period that is set based on the timing at which the first determination step is performed.

5. 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the area relating to the vehicle is an area set based on a planned travel route of the vehicle.

6. 6. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein the area relating to the vehicle is a destination of the vehicle.

7. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the area associated with the user is an area in which the vehicle has traveled a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined period of time.

8. The attribute is a regional attribute of the user, The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the area associated with the user includes the user's residential area, commuting area, or school area.

9. The information processing method described in claim 1, characterized in that the notification includes at least one of the crime rate in the area, the traffic accident rate in the area, information on suspicious persons in the area, the number of incidents of trouble in the area, word-of-mouth information from residents of the area, and word-of-mouth information from visitors to the area.

10. The information processing method described in claim 1, characterized in that the first decision process decides to make the notification when the difference between the evaluation value indicating the poor security contained in the security information and the evaluation value indicating the tolerance is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

11. a second determination step of determining a destination of the vehicle; The information processing method described in claim 1, characterized in that the first determination process controls the notification to be made when the difference between the evaluation value indicating the poor security contained in the security information and the evaluation value indicating the tolerance is greater than or equal to a threshold value and the vehicle's destination is determined.

12. The vehicle further includes a detection step of detecting whether an opening / closing body provided in the vehicle is opened or closed, The information processing method described in claim 1, characterized in that the first determination process controls to make the notification when the difference between the evaluation value indicating the poor security contained in the security information and the evaluation value indicating the tolerance is greater than or equal to a threshold value and it is detected that an opening / closing body equipped on the vehicle has been opened or closed.

13. associating means for associating an area with a user of a vehicle based on the driving history or attributes of the user; a setting means for setting a risk tolerance of the user based on an area associated with the user; an acquisition means for acquiring security information indicating the security situation of an area related to the vehicle; a decision means for deciding whether to notify the user based on the tolerance and the public safety information; An information processing device comprising:

14. A program for causing a computer to function as each of the means of the information processing device according to claim 13.

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