Patent ID: 11967233
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing therein an information processing program for causing a computer to function as a vehicle-mounted terminal for a shared vehicle, the program causing the computer to function as each of the foregoing sections, the shared vehicle comprising:
a vehicle-mounted terminal connected communicably to a management device, the management device comprising:
a management information database configured to store (i) positional information on each of a plurality of vehicle locations at each of which a shared vehicle having a battery is on standby, (ii) standby state information on the shared vehicle on standby at each of the plurality of vehicle locations, (iii) vehicle status information on a remaining battery power of a first shared vehicle that a user is using and on a current position of the first shared vehicle, and (iv) destination information on a desired destination at which the user wants to return the first shared vehicle;
a location specifying section, which is realized by a logic circuit (hardware) provided in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or software as executed by a central processing unit (CPU), configured to, in a case where the location specifying section has determined with reference to the management information database that the remaining battery power of the first shared vehicle is not enough to continue traveling to the desired destination, specify a first vehicle location to be used by the user to change the first shared vehicle to a second shared vehicle;
a notifying section configured to notify a terminal device, operated by the user who is using the first shared vehicle, of the first vehicle location over a communication network, wherein the notifying section sends a notification of the first vehicle location over at which a transfer is performed during use of the first shared vehicle by the user, and wherein the user carries out the transfer to switch to the second shared vehicle from the first shared vehicle;

an input accepting section configured to receive an input from a user;
a battery information obtaining section configured to obtain information on a remaining battery power of the first shared vehicle;
a position information obtaining section configured to obtain information on a current position of the first shared vehicle;
a transmitting section configured to transmit, to the management device, the information on the remaining battery power and the information on the current position over the communication network; and
a display device configured to display information on the first vehicle location of which the first shared vehicle has been notified by the notifying section and the notification of the first vehicle location over at which the transfer is performed.