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

Claim 6:
7. A control method in an information collection device executed by a processor, comprising:
a first step of acquiring a current position of an own vehicle by the processor;
a second step of searching for a facility in surroundings of the own vehicle by the processor;
a third step of generating a question related to a visit destination of a subject person by the processor;
a fourth step of determining whether or not it is necessary to perform output of the question by the processor, based on at least the number of results of the search in the second step, and a going-out duration of the subject person;
a fifth step of outputting the question by the processor, depending on a result of the determination in the fourth step; and
a sixth step of collecting information on the visit destination by the processor, 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 of the fourth step is two or more,
the processor 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.