INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Kazuya Nishimura of Anjo-shi (JP)

Naoki Uenoyama of Kasugai-shi (JP)

Keiko Nakano of Kawasaki-shi (JP)

Yohei Nakanishi of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Takahiro Matsumura of Tokyo (JP)

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18678244 titled 'INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

Original Abstract Submitted

An information processing method is a method executed by an information processing system including: a vehicle including an imaging unit and a communication unit; and a server device. The information processing method includes: requesting, by the server device, the vehicle positioned in an information collecting area including a stop position of a train that moves on a railroad track to provide a peripheral image when the train stops between stations; and transmitting, by the communication unit of the vehicle positioned in the information collecting area, a stoppage factor image that is the peripheral image in which at least one of the train that has stopped in the stop position and the railroad track near the train appears to the server device.