Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Abstract

An information processing apparatus is applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user. A controller is configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user; determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, comprising a controller configured to execute:
 acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;   setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user;   determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and   upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the predetermined area is an area within a predetermined distance from the destination point of the first user.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the destination point of the second user is a predetermined point in a vicinity of a residence of the second user.   
     
     
         4 . An information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, comprising a controller configured to execute:
 acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;   setting a predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;   determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and   upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.   
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the predetermined area is an area having a distance that is equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the departure point of the first user.   
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the departure point of the second user is a predetermined point in a vicinity of a residence of the second user.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein in the traffic mode, the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, and gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, and   the controller executes:
 further acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode; 
 setting another predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user; 
 determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the another predetermined area; and 
 upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the another predetermined area, setting the combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle. 
   
     
     
         8 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the controller sets the combination between the first user and the second user who are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so as not to repeat the combination between the first user and the second user having previously ridden in the identical vehicle.   
     
     
         9 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the controller sets the combination between the first user and the second user who are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so as not to repeat the combination between the first user and the second user having previously ridden in the identical vehicle.   
     
     
         10 . An information processing method applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, the information processing method causing a computer to execute:
 a step of acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;   a step of setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user;   a step of determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and   a step of, upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.   
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory memory medium stored with a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to  claim 10 . 
     
     
         12 . An information processing method applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user boards the identical vehicle after the first user does, the information processing method causing a computer to execute:
 a step of acquiring departure points of the first user and the second user in the traffic mode;   a step of setting a predetermined area including the departure point of the first user and an area proximate to the departure point of the first user;   a step of determining whether the departure point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and   a step of, upon determining that the departure point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.   
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory memory medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to  claim 12 .