Patent ID: 11893890
Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. An information processing method for a vehicle for processing information for the vehicle using a computer operated by a program, the computer operating to:
receive identification data for identifying an occupant of the vehicle;
store preference data regarding a preference of the occupant in association with the identification data;
acquire object data of objects existing around an occupant on board the vehicle;
determine whether or not an object included in the object data is visually or audibly recognizable by the occupant on board the vehicle; and
generate notification data for the occupant on board the vehicle based on the object relating to the preference data of the occupant among the objects including the object data,
wherein when there is an object determined to be visually or audibly recognizable by the occupant, information regarding the visually or audibly recognizable object is generated as the notification data over information regarding objects except the visually or audibly recognizable object,
the computer further operating to:
detect and calculate a time or frequency when the occupant used processed information for a vehicle; and
determine the notification data to be generated in accordance with a magnitude of the time or frequency of the occupant,
wherein when the time or frequency of the occupant on board the vehicle is less than a predetermined value, information regarding the recognizable object is generated as the notification data without adopting the preference data of the occupant as the notification data; and
when the time or frequency of the occupant on board the vehicle is larger than the predetermined value, the notification data is generated based on the preference data of the occupant and the object determined to be recognizable.