Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Abstract

The present invention makes it possible to improve the operation rate of a charging facility managed by a business operator operating a mobile body. This information processing device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires travel information including position information about a mobile body on which a chargeable battery is mounted; a second acquisition unit that acquires charging facility information including position information about a charging facility used for charging the battery, the operation state of the charging facility, and manager information pertaining to a manager of the charging facility; a generation unit that generates available charging facility information, including candidates for the charging facility used for charging the battery of the mobile body, on the basis of the travel information and the charging facility information; and a notification unit that notifies the mobile body of the available charging facility information. When a charging facility managed by a first business operator operating a first mobile body is available, the notification unit notifies a second mobile body, operated by a business operator different from the first business operator, that the charging facility managed by the first business operator can be used for charging a battery of the second mobile body.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising: a first acquisition unit that acquires driving information including location information of a first mobile body equipped with a rechargeable battery; a second acquisition unit that acquires charging equipment information including location information of charging equipment used to charge the battery, the operating status of the charging equipment, and administrator information relating to the manager of the charging equipment; a generation unit that generates rechargeable equipment information including candidate charging equipment used to charge the battery of the first mobile body based on the driving information and the charging equipment information; and a notification unit that notifies the first mobile body of the rechargeable equipment information, wherein the notification unit notifies a second mobile body operated by a different operator of the first mobile body that the charging equipment managed by the first operator is available for charging the battery of the second mobile body when charging equipment managed by the first operator, which is the operator of the first mobile body, is available.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit preferentially determines, for the first mobile body, the charging equipment managed by the first business operator among the charging equipment as a candidate for charging the battery of the first mobile body.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the generation unit determines the charging equipment whose operating status does not indicate that it is in use and whose position information is in a predetermined positional relationship with the position information of the first mobile body as a candidate for charging equipment to be used to charge the battery of the first mobile body.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the generation unit determines the charging equipment located within a predetermined distance from the position of the first mobile body as a candidate for charging equipment to be used to charge the battery of the first mobile body.

5. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the charging equipment information further includes power usage status indicating the power usage of the facility where the charging equipment is installed, and the generation unit determines, as a candidate for charging equipment to be used to charge the battery of the first mobile body, charging equipment such that, when the charging equipment is used to charge the battery of the first mobile body, the power usage of the facility where the charging equipment is installed is less than or equal to the contracted power of the facility.

6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the driving information further includes the operation history information of the first mobile body, the rechargeable equipment information further includes past operational performance information, and the generation unit determines, based on the operation history information and the operational performance information, a candidate for a charging facility to be used to charge the battery of the first mobile body, and a time period for charging.

7. An information processing method comprising: acquiring driving information including location information of a first mobile body equipped with a rechargeable battery; acquiring charging equipment information including location information of charging equipment used to charge the battery, the operating status of the charging equipment, and administrator information related to the manager of the charging equipment; generating rechargeable equipment information including candidate charging equipment used to charge the battery of the first mobile body based on the driving information and the charging equipment information; notifying the first mobile body of the rechargeable equipment information; and, if charging equipment managed by a first operator, which is the operator of the first mobile body, is available, notifying a second mobile body operated by an operator different from the first operator that the charging equipment managed by the first operator is available to charge the battery of the second mobile body.

8. A program that causes a computer to perform the following processes: acquire driving information including location information of a first mobile body equipped with a rechargeable battery; acquire charging equipment information including location information of charging equipment used to charge the battery, the operating status of the charging equipment, and administrator information related to the manager of the charging equipment; generate rechargeable equipment information including candidate charging equipment to be used to charge the battery of the first mobile body based on the driving information and the charging equipment information; notify the first mobile body of the rechargeable equipment information; and, if charging equipment managed by a first operator, which is the operator of the first mobile body, is available, notify a second mobile body operated by an operator different from the first operator that the charging equipment managed by the first operator is available to charge the battery of the second mobile body.

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