Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information provision apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 信息提供装置
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Application No.: US13541289Application Date: 2012-07-03
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Publication No.: US08407002B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Kenji Mori
- Applicant: Kenji Mori
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Main IPC: G08G1/123
- IPC: G08G1/123

Abstract:
A main computer includes an arrival determination section which determines, on the basis of present location information of a vehicle, destination information, and electric energy remaining amount information, whether the vehicle can reach the destination from the present location without charging an electricity storage unit of the vehicle, a rental car information acquisition section which acquires information regarding a rental car which the driver can change from the vehicle directly, and an information provision section which provides the rental car information to the driver of the vehicle, when the arrival determination section determines that the vehicle cannot reach the destination from the present location. On the basis of the rental car information, the driver of the vehicle can go to a rental car shop and rent a car. By changing from the vehicle to the rental car, the driver can quickly reach the destination by use of the rental car.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120271547A1 INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-10-25
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