Patent ID: 11898866
Assignee: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information collection device, comprising:
a processor,
wherein the processor includes:
a position acquisition section that acquires a current position of an own vehicle;
a surroundings search section that searches for a facility in surroundings of the own vehicle;
a question generation section that generates a question related to a visit destination of a subject person;
a question output necessity determination section that determines whether or not it is necessary to perform output of the question, based on at least the number of results of the search by the surroundings search section, and a going-out duration of the subject person;
a question output control section that outputs the question, depending on a result of the determination by the question output necessity determination section; and
a collection section that collects information on the visit destination, based on input information input by the subject person in response to the question,
wherein the going-out duration is a going-out time between a departure time of the own vehicle when the subject person goes out to the visit destination to a return time when the subject person returns to the own vehicle,
wherein when the number of the results of the search by the surroundings search section is two or more,
the question output necessity determination section determines that it is not necessary to perform output of a dialog sentence including the question when the going-out duration exceeds a maximum threshold value, and
determines that it is necessary to perform output of the dialog sentence including the question when the going-out duration does not exceed the maximum threshold value.