Patent ID: 11970172
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing method to be executed by a computer, the information processing method comprising:
obtaining a driving skill of a person who rides an autonomous vehicle, the driving skill representing at least one of whether the person can drive an autonomous vehicle which can be manually driven or a level at which the person can drive;
obtaining specifications of a plurality of autonomous vehicles about autonomous driving;
obtaining a route for transporting the person;
determining deviation risks based on the specifications and the route, each of the deviation risks including at least one of a possibility of deviation of an autonomous driving system including a corresponding one of the plurality of autonomous vehicles from an operational design domain or a degree of the deviation;
selecting an autonomous vehicle assigned to transportation of the person from the plurality of autonomous vehicles, according to each of the deviation risks and the driving skill; and
sending a notification of the autonomous vehicle selected,
wherein each of the deviation risks is an index indicating a possibility that the autonomous vehicle having the specification, when driving the route, deviates from the operational design domain set to the route.