Patent ID: 11900425
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a user device associated with a user, the user device being configured to:
send a reservation of use of a vehicle; and
transmit authentication data to the vehicle through short distance communication to cause locking and unlocking of the vehicle;

a server configured to:
receive the reservation from the user device; and
send a notification of the reservation to the vehicle; and

an information providing device for providing information about the vehicle, the information providing device being an on-board device of the vehicle, the information providing device including a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute:
receiving the notification of the reservation from the server;
receiving the authentication data from the user device;
unlocking and initiating use of the vehicle by the user when the notification of the reservation and the authentication data are received;
locking and ending use of the vehicle by the user in response to transmission of the authentication data from the user device;
after an ending of use of the vehicle by another user, displaying first information indicating that the vehicle is available for use on a display provided by the vehicle and which can be visually recognized from outside of the vehicle, when the vehicle is not being used and the notification of the reservation and the authentication data have not been received;
continuing the displaying of the first information on the display, when the vehicle is not being used and the notification of the reservation has been received, and the authentication data ha.s not been received; and
stopping the displaying of information on the display of the vehicle by not providing the information from the controller to the display when the vehicle is being used and the notification of the reservation and the authentication data have been received.