JP2021043686A - Vehicle allocation management device, vehicle allocation management method, vehicle allocation management system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it easy for a specific user to use a place at which to get in/out of a vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicle allocation management device 2 includes: a request acquisition unit 231 for acquiring a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying a user U from an information terminal 1 of the user U who desires to get in a vehicle T; an information transmission unit 233 for transmitting one or more boarding place candidates selected from a plurality of boarding place candidates based on an attribute of the user U corresponding to the identification information to the information terminal 1 that transmitted the vehicle allocation request acquired by the request acquisition unit 231; and an instruction transmission unit 234 for transmitting a vehicle allocation instruction including a selected boarding place to the vehicle T for picking the user U up after acquiring the selected boarding place selected from the one or more boarding place candidates from the information terminal 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle allocation management device, a vehicle allocation management method, a vehicle allocation management system, and a program for managing the allocation of vehicles traveling with passengers.

Conventionally, the taxi boarding position of a convenience store, a post office, a bus stop, etc. is registered in the server, and a taxi call is made to enable a user who intends to use the taxi to select a boarding position and apply for a taxi. The system is known (see, eg, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-78639

Among the boarding / alighting places where boarding or disembarking is possible, there are boarding / alighting places where it would be inconvenient for the user who should originally use it if anyone can use it. For example, if anyone can use the boarding / alighting area on the premises of a store, it will be difficult for customers who shop at the store to use it. In addition, if anyone can use the boarding / alighting area on the premises of the condominium, a crime prevention problem will occur. Therefore, it has been required to make the boarding / alighting place available to appropriate users.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and as an example, it is an object of the present invention to make it easier for a specific user to use a landing place for getting on and off a vehicle.

The vehicle allocation management device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a request acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying the user from an information terminal of a user who wishes to board the vehicle, and the request acquisition unit. Information transmission for transmitting one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information to the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request acquired by the unit. After acquiring the unit and the selected boarding / alighting place selected from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the information terminal, the instruction transmitting unit that transmits the vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle on which the user is boarded. And have.

The request acquisition unit further acquires position information indicating the position of the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request, and the instruction transmission unit is predetermined from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates. The one or more boarding / alighting place candidates corresponding to the positions within the range may be transmitted.

Even if the attribute of the user includes the address of the user and the information transmission unit transmits the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates available to the user residing at the address among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates. Good.

The attribute of the user includes the purchase history of the user, and the information transmission unit selects the one or more landing / alighting place candidates that can be used by the user who made the purchase indicated by the purchase history among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates. You may send it.

The boarding / alighting place candidate is associated with classification information indicating whether or not it can be used as a boarding place or whether or not it can be used as a boarding place, and the vehicle allocation management device is based on the classification information. Further, it may further have a candidate selection unit that determines whether to select the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates as boarding place candidates or to select the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates as boarding place candidates.

The request acquisition unit acquires the vehicle allocation request indicating the destination, and the candidate selection unit selects the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used as the disembarkation place based on the classification information and the destination. You may.

The vehicle allocation management device further has a candidate site storage unit that stores a plurality of the boarding / alighting site candidates in association with a permission target attribute as a condition for selecting the one or more boarding / alighting site candidates, and transmits the information. Among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates stored in the candidate site storage unit, the unit is associated with the permission target attribute to which the attribute of the user of the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request is associated with the candidate site storage unit. The one or more boarding / alighting place candidates stored in the above may be transmitted.

The candidate site storage unit stores the first position and the second position away from the first position in the lane direction of the road including the first position in association with the boarding / alighting site candidate, and transmits the instruction. The unit may transmit the vehicle allocation instruction including the area information indicating the first position and the second position stored in the candidate site storage unit in association with the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle.

The candidate site storage unit stores each of the plurality of boarding / alighting site candidates in association with any of the plurality of groups, and the instruction transmitting unit belongs to the group to which the selected boarding / alighting site belongs among the plurality of groups. As a condition, the other boarding / alighting place candidates may be further transmitted to the vehicle.

The vehicle allocation management method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a step of acquiring a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying the user from an information terminal of a user who wants to get on the vehicle, which is executed by a computer. A step of transmitting one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information to the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request, and a step of selecting from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates. After acquiring the selected boarding / alighting place from the information terminal, it has a step of transmitting a vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle on which the user is to board.

The vehicle allocation management system according to the third aspect of the present invention includes an information terminal of a user who wants to get on the vehicle and a vehicle allocation management device for managing the vehicle allocation. The vehicle allocation management device has the identification information for a request acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying the user and the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request acquired by the request acquisition unit. After acquiring the information transmission unit that transmits one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the above and the selected boarding / alighting place selected from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the information terminal. It has an instruction transmission unit that transmits a vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle on which the user is boarded. The information terminal is a vehicle allocation request unit that transmits a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying a user who uses the information terminal to a vehicle allocation management device that manages the vehicle allocation in response to the reception of the vehicle allocation request. , The boarding / alighting place receiving unit that receives one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information from the vehicle allocation management device, and the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates are displayed on the display unit. It has a display control unit and a selective boarding / alighting place transmitting unit that transmits a selected boarding / alighting place selected by the user from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates to the vehicle allocation management device.

The program of the fourth aspect of the present invention includes a computer, a vehicle allocation management device that manages vehicle allocation in response to a request for vehicle allocation, and identification information for identifying a user who uses the computer. A vehicle allocation request unit that transmits a request, a boarding / alighting land receiving unit that receives one or more boarding / alighting land candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information from the vehicle allocation management device, and the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates. Is functioned as a display control unit for displaying the above on the display unit and a selective boarding / alighting place transmitting unit for transmitting the selected boarding / alighting place selected by the user from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates to the vehicle allocation management device.

According to the present invention, as an example, there is an effect that a specific user can easily use the boarding / alighting place for getting on / off the vehicle.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of a vehicle allocation management system. It is a figure which shows the screen which is displayed after the vehicle dispatch application is activated in the information terminal 1. It is a figure which shows the screen for selecting a boarding place. It is a figure which shows the screen for selecting the getting-off place. It is a figure which shows the determined route. It is a figure which shows the structure of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the structure of the vehicle allocation management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a boarding / alighting place database. It is a figure which shows an example of a user database. It is a figure which shows the operation sequence of a vehicle allocation management system. It is a figure which shows the modification of the boarding / alighting place database. It is a figure which shows the modification of the operation sequence of the vehicle allocation management system.

[Overview of vehicle allocation management system S]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of the vehicle allocation management system S. The vehicle allocation management system S is a system used to allocate the vehicle T to the user U in response to a vehicle allocation request from the user U who wishes to board the vehicle T. The vehicle T is, for example, a taxi or a shared bus capable of automatic driving, but may be a taxi or the like driven by a driver.

The vehicle allocation management system S includes an information terminal 1 and a vehicle allocation management device 2. The information terminal 1 is a terminal used by the user U, for example, a smartphone or a tablet. The user U can request the vehicle T to be dispatched by executing the application software for vehicle dispatch (hereinafter, referred to as “vehicle dispatch application”) on the information terminal 1. When the information terminal 1 receives the operation of the vehicle allocation request by the user U, the information terminal 1 transmits a message for requesting the vehicle allocation (hereinafter, referred to as "vehicle allocation request message") to the vehicle allocation management device 2.

The vehicle allocation management device 2 is a device that manages the vehicle allocation of the vehicle T, for example, a server. When the vehicle allocation management device 2 receives the vehicle allocation request message from the information terminal 1, the vehicle allocation management device 2 allocates the vehicle to the user U by selecting one vehicle T from the plurality of vehicles T registered in advance. The vehicle allocation management device 2 notifies the information terminal 1 of the candidate for the boarding place and the candidate for the getting off place based on the position information and the destination of the information terminal 1 included in the vehicle allocation request message.

The vehicle allocation management device 2 selects a boarding place candidate from boarding / alighting place candidates included in a predetermined range (for example, within 300 m from the position of the information terminal 1) from the position indicated by the position information of the information terminal 1. The vehicle allocation management device 2 selects, for example, a candidate for a place of disembarkation from candidates for a place of disembarkation included in a predetermined range (for example, within 300 m from the destination) from the destination.

The vehicle allocation management device 2 according to the present embodiment is characterized in that a boarding / alighting place candidate as a boarding place or a boarding place candidate is selected from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates based on the attributes of the user U. Although the details will be described later, the attribute of the user U is, for example, the address of the user U or the purchase history of the user U in the store.

2 to 5 are diagrams showing a transition example of the display screen of the information terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen displayed after the vehicle dispatch application is started on the information terminal 1. On the screen shown in FIG. 2, a frame F for inputting a destination is displayed. The user U can input the destination in the displayed frame F. Candidate destinations are also displayed on the screen shown in FIG. The user U may select a desired destination from the displayed destination candidates. Further, the user U may select an arbitrary point on the displayed map.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen for selecting a boarding place. The boarding place selection screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed after the user U inputs the destination on the screen shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, on the boarding place selection screen, a plurality of boarding place candidates P1, P2, and P3 are displayed on the map together with the current position of the user U. The user U selects a desired boarding place candidate (for example, boarding place candidate P2) from a plurality of displayed boarding place candidates P1, P2, and P3, and selects an operation image of "send" to obtain a boarding place. Can be determined.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen for selecting a drop-off place. The disembarkation place selection screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed after, for example, the user U determines the boarding place on the screen shown in FIG. 3, but the disembarking place selection screen may be displayed before the boarding place selection screen. As shown in FIG. 4, on the disembarkation place selection screen, a plurality of disembarkation place candidates Q1, Q2, and Q3 are displayed on the map together with the destination designated by the user U. The user U selects a desired drop-off location candidate (for example, drop-off location candidate Q3) from the displayed plurality of drop-off location candidates Q1, Q2, and Q3, and selects an operation image of "send" to select the drop-off location. Can be determined.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the determined route. In FIG. 5, the route from the boarding place candidate P2 selected by the user U to the getting-off place candidate Q3 is displayed. When the user U selects the operation image of "distribute", the vehicle T traveling on the displayed route is dispatched, and one vehicle T moves to the boarding place candidate P2. The user U can get on the vehicle T and go to the drop-off place candidate Q3 by moving to the boarding place candidate P2 before the vehicle T reaches the boarding place candidate P2.

In the vehicle allocation management system S, when the current location and the destination of the user U are determined, the boarding / alighting location may be automatically determined. In this case, the screen shown in FIG. 2 may be directly transitioned to the screen shown in FIG. 5 without going through the screens shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

[Configuration of information terminal 1]
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of the information terminal 1. The information terminal 1 includes a communication unit 11, a display unit 12, an operation unit 13, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver 14, a storage unit 15, and a control unit 16.

The communication unit 11 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the vehicle allocation management device 2 via the network N, and has, for example, a wireless communication controller. The communication unit 11 notifies the control unit 16 of the data received from the vehicle allocation management device 2. Further, the communication unit 11 transmits the data input from the control unit 16 to the network N.

The display unit 12 is a device for displaying information for notifying the user U, for example, a display. The display unit 12 may include a speaker that outputs sound. The operation unit 13 is a device for receiving the operation of the user U, and includes, for example, a touch panel provided on the display unit 12 in an overlapping manner.

The GPS receiver 14 receives radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites, and calculates the longitude and latitude indicating the position of the information terminal 1 based on the information contained in the received radio waves. The GPS receiver 14 notifies the control unit 16 of the calculated longitude and latitude.

The storage unit 15 is a device for storing various types of data, and includes, for example, a storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a hard disk. The storage unit 15 stores a program executed by the control unit 16.

The control unit 16 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and by executing a program stored in the storage unit 15, the position identification unit 161, the vehicle allocation request unit 162, the boarding / alighting place reception unit 163, the display control unit 164, and the control unit 16 It functions as a selective boarding / alighting place transmission unit 165.

The position specifying unit 161 acquires position information indicating the longitude / latitude corresponding to the position of the information terminal 1 from the GPS receiver 14, and specifies the position of the information terminal 1 based on the acquired position information. The position specifying unit 161 notifies the vehicle allocation requesting unit 162 of the specified position.

The vehicle dispatch request unit 162 receives identification information for identifying a user who uses the information terminal 1 via the communication unit 11 in response to receiving a vehicle dispatch request from the user U (hereinafter, referred to as "user ID"). A vehicle allocation request message including the above is transmitted to the vehicle allocation management device 2. Specifically, when the user U inputs the destination on the screen shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle allocation request unit 162 includes the user ID, the position information indicating the position of the information terminal 1 notified from the position identification unit 161, and the position information indicating the position of the information terminal 1. Sends a vehicle dispatch request message containing destination information indicating the entered destination. The user ID is composed of, for example, a character string assigned for the user U to use the vehicle allocation service by the vehicle allocation management device 2, and is associated with the information terminal 1.

The boarding / alighting place receiving unit 163 receives one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the user ID from the vehicle allocation management device 2. Specifically, the boarding / alighting place receiving unit 163 selects one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the user's attributes from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates existing within a predetermined range from the position of the information terminal 1. Receive as.

Further, the boarding / alighting place receiving unit 163 receives one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates existing within a predetermined range from the destination as the boarding / alighting place candidates. The boarding / alighting place receiving unit 163 notifies the display control unit 164 of the boarding / alighting place candidate received as the boarding place candidate and the boarding / alighting place candidate received as the boarding / alighting place candidate.

The display control unit 164 causes the display unit 12 to display one or more boarding / alighting place candidates notified from the boarding / alighting place receiving unit 163. Specifically, the display control unit 164 displays one or more boarding location candidates P1, P2, and P3 on the screen shown in FIG. 3 by superimposing the map around the position of the information terminal 1. Further, the display control unit 164 displays the drop-off location candidates Q1, Q2, and Q3 on the screen shown in FIG. 4 on the map around the destination.

The display control unit 164 detects the operation performed by the user U while these screens are displayed on the display unit 12, and specifies the boarding place candidate and the getting-off place candidate selected by the user U as the selected boarding / alighting place. The display control unit 164 notifies the selected boarding / alighting place transmitting unit 165 of the specified selected boarding / alighting place.

The selected boarding / alighting place transmission unit 165 acquires the selected boarding / alighting place selected by the user from one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the display control unit 164, and transmits the acquired selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle allocation management device 2.

[Configuration of vehicle allocation management device 2]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the vehicle allocation management device 2. The vehicle allocation management device 2 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

The communication unit 21 includes a communication controller for transmitting and receiving data to and from the information terminal 1 via the communication unit 11. The communication unit 21 notifies the control unit 23 of the data received from the information terminal 1, and transmits the data input from the control unit 23 to the information terminal 1 via the network N.

The storage unit 22 includes a storage medium such as a ROM, RAM, and a hard disk. The storage unit 22 stores a program executed by the control unit 23. Further, the storage unit 22 stores various data for the control unit 23 to manage the vehicle allocation. The storage unit 22 functions as a candidate site storage unit that stores, for example, a boarding / alighting site database in which a plurality of boarding / alighting site candidates and a permission target attribute as a condition for selecting one or more boarding / alighting site candidates are associated with each other. The storage unit 22 also functions as a user information storage unit that stores a user database in which user attributes are registered.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a boarding / alighting place database. In the boarding / alighting place candidate database shown in FIG. 8, the boarding / alighting place ID, the position information, the permission target attribute, and the classification information are associated with each other.

The boarding / alighting place ID is information for identifying each boarding / alighting place, and is transmitted / received between the information terminal 1 and the vehicle allocation management device 2 to specify the boarding / alighting place. The position information is information indicating the latitude and longitude of the boarding / alighting place.

The permission target attribute is an attribute of the user U who is the target of permitting the use of the boarding / alighting place. The "address" is the address of the place of residence of the user U. At the boarding / alighting place ID of A001, "Resident in A Mansion" is indicated in the "Address" column. This means that the use of the boarding / alighting place is permitted only when the boarding / alighting place with the boarding / alighting place ID A001 is on the premises of the A condominium and the user U is a resident living in the A condominium.

The “purchase history” is a history in which the user U purchases a product or service from a store. At the boarding / alighting place ID of A002, "Purchase at X mall" is indicated in the "Purchase history" column. This means that the boarding / alighting place with the boarding / alighting place ID A002 is on the premises of the X mall, and the use of the boarding / alighting place is permitted only when the user U purchases a product or service at the X mall.

"Facility use qualification" means that the user U is qualified to use the facility. At the boarding / alighting place ID of A003, "α stadium user" is indicated in the "facility use qualification" column. This is the use of the boarding / alighting place only when the boarding / alighting place with the boarding / alighting place ID A003 is on the premises of the α stadium and the user U uses the α stadium or is qualified to use the α stadium. Means that is allowed.

Multiple permitted attributes are specified for some boarding points. For example, the boarding / alighting place ID of A003 can be used by a person who purchased at the Y shop or a person who uses the α stadium.

The "classification information" is information indicating whether or not it can be used as a boarding place or whether or not it can be used as a getting-off place. When the classification information is "getting on and off", the corresponding boarding / alighting place can be used as both a boarding place and a getting-off place. When the classification information is "boarding", the corresponding boarding / alighting place can be used only as a boarding place. When the classification information is "get off", the corresponding boarding / alighting place can be used only as a getting off place. For example, at a station, the boarding place and the getting-off place may be separated, and at the β station corresponding to the boarding place IDs A004 and A005, the boarding place with the boarding place ID A004 can be used only as the boarding place. Yes, the boarding / alighting place with the boarding / alighting place ID of A005 can be used only as the boarding / alighting place.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a user database. In the user database, the addresses and attributes of each of the plurality of users U are associated with each other. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the address of the user U, the purchase history of the user U, and the facility use qualification of the user U are associated with the attributes of the user U. The control unit 23 registers, for example, the purchase history acquired from the computer managed by the store in the user database. The control unit 23 may initialize the purchase history under predetermined conditions (for example, when 24 hours have passed since the product was purchased at the store or when the store closing time has passed). By initializing the purchase history, it is possible to prevent the user U, who has passed a long time since purchasing the product, from using the boarding / alighting place on the premises of the store.

Returning to FIG. 7, the configuration of each unit of the control unit 23 will be described.
The request acquisition unit 231 acquires a vehicle allocation request including a user ID for identifying the user U from the information terminal 1 of the user U who wants to board the vehicle T. The request acquisition unit 231 may further acquire position information indicating the position of the information terminal 1 that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request. The request acquisition unit 231 notifies the candidate selection unit 232 that the vehicle allocation request has been acquired.

Upon receiving the notification from the request acquisition unit 231 that the vehicle allocation request has been acquired, the candidate selection unit 232 selects one or more boarding / alighting location candidates that can be used by the user U who has transmitted the vehicle allocation request from the plurality of boarding / alighting location candidates. Specifically, the candidate selection unit 232 refers to the user database, identifies the user attribute associated with the user ID of the user U who has sent the vehicle allocation request, and refers to the boarding / alighting place database to obtain a plurality of boarding / alighting places. Therefore, one or more boarding / alighting points available to the user U are selected as boarding / alighting place candidates.

The candidate selection unit 232 selects one or more boarding / alighting points within a predetermined range from the position of the information terminal 1 included in the vehicle allocation request, and among the selected one or more boarding / alighting places, the user U of the specified user attribute. Select one or more boarding points that are permitted to be used by. The candidate selection unit 232 selects, for example, one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used by the user U residing at the address registered in the user database from among a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates. In the candidate selection unit 232, for example, a user with a user ID of U001 shown in FIG. 9 resides in the A condominium, and the position of the information terminal 1 is predetermined from the position of the boarding / alighting place with the boarding / alighting place ID of A001 shown in FIG. If it is within the range, the boarding / alighting place with the boarding / alighting place ID of A001 is selected as a boarding place candidate.

For example, when the candidate selection unit 232 receives a vehicle allocation request from the user U whose user ID shown in FIG. 9 is U002, the candidate selection unit 232 can be used by the user U who has a purchase history purchased at the X mall. , And the boarding / alighting place ID of A006 for which the permission target attribute is not specified is selected.

Similarly, the candidate selection unit 232 selects one or more boarding / alighting points within a predetermined range from the destinations included in the vehicle allocation request, and among the selected one or more boarding / alighting places, the user U of the specified user attribute. Select one or more boarding / alighting points that are permitted to be used by. The candidate selection unit 232 notifies the information transmission unit 233 of the selected boarding / alighting place as a boarding / alighting place candidate.

Further, the candidate selection unit 232 determines whether to select one or more boarding / alighting place candidates as boarding place candidates or one or more boarding / alighting place candidates as boarding / alighting place candidates based on the classification information in the boarding / alighting place database. You may. The candidate selection unit 232 selects one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used as boarding places based on the classification information and the position of the information terminal 1. Further, the candidate selection unit 232 selects one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used as a getting-off place based on the classification information and the destination.

Specifically, the candidate selection unit 232 selects a boarding / alighting place whose classification information is "boarding / alighting" or "boarding" when selecting a boarding place candidate based on the position of the information terminal 1. When selecting a drop-off point candidate based on a destination, the candidate selection unit 232 selects a boarding / alighting place whose classification information is “getting on / off” or “getting off”. When the candidate selection unit 232 selects a boarding / alighting place using the classification information in this way, a place that can only be used as a boarding place is selected as a boarding place, or a place that can only be used as a boarding place is selected as a boarding place. You can prevent it from happening.

The information transmission unit 233 has one or more boarding / alighting / alighting places selected from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates based on the attributes of the user U corresponding to the user ID for the information terminal 1 that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request acquired by the request acquisition unit 231. Send a land candidate. The information transmission unit 233 transmits one or more boarding / alighting place candidates corresponding to a position within a predetermined range from the position of the information terminal 1 indicated by the position information acquired by the request acquisition unit 231 among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates. Specifically, the information transmission unit 233 includes one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected by the candidate selection unit 232 as boarding place candidates, and one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected by the candidate selection unit 232 as boarding place candidates. To send.

The information transmission unit 233 receives the selected boarding / alighting place selected by the user U after transmitting the boarding / alighting place candidate. For example, when the user U selects the boarding place candidate P2 on the screen shown in FIG. 3, the information transmitting unit 233 receives the boarding / alighting place ID of the boarding place candidate P2 from the information terminal 1. Further, when the user U selects the drop-off place candidate Q3 on the screen shown in FIG. 4, the information transmission unit 233 receives the boarding / alighting place ID of the drop-off place candidate Q3 from the information terminal 1.

The information transmission unit 233 is a candidate in which the attribute of the user U of the information terminal 1 that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request is associated with the corresponding permission target attribute among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates registered in the boarding / alighting place database stored in the storage unit 22. Send one or more boarding / alighting land candidates registered in the land database. For example, the information transmission unit 233 transmits one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used by the user U residing at the address registered in the user database among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates. Further, the information transmission unit 233 may transmit one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used by the user U who made the purchase indicated by the purchase history, out of a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates.

After acquiring the selected boarding / alighting place selected from one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the information terminal 1, the instruction transmitting unit 234 transmits a vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle T on which the user U is boarded. Specifically, the instruction transmission unit 234 notifies the vehicle T of a vehicle allocation instruction including the boarding / alighting place candidate boarding / alighting place ID received as the boarding place and the boarding / alighting place candidate boarding / alighting place ID received as the boarding place. At this time, the instruction transmission unit 234 transmits, for example, a vehicle allocation instruction to the vehicle T that can reach the position of the boarding place candidate P2 selected by the user U in the shortest time among the plurality of vehicles T registered in advance. ..

[Operation sequence of vehicle allocation management system S]
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation sequence of the vehicle allocation management system S. The sequence diagram shown in FIG. 10 starts from the time when the vehicle allocation application is started on the information terminal 1. First, the display control unit 164 of the information terminal 1 causes the display unit 12 to display the vehicle allocation request screen as shown in FIG. 2 (S11). When the user U performs an operation for requesting a vehicle allocation, the vehicle allocation request unit 162 transmits a vehicle allocation request message to the vehicle allocation management device 2.

In the vehicle allocation management device 2, when the request acquisition unit 231 receives the vehicle allocation request message, the candidate selection unit 232 refers to the boarding / alighting place database, and the boarding place candidate is based on the position of the information terminal 1 and the attribute of the user U. Is selected (S12). Further, the candidate selection unit 232 selects a drop-off place candidate based on the destination and the attributes of the user U by referring to the boarding / alighting place database (S13). The information transmission unit 233 transmits the boarding / alighting place candidate including the boarding place candidate and the getting-off place candidate selected by the candidate selection unit 232 to the information terminal 1.

The display control unit 164 displays a screen (for example, the screen shown in FIG. 3) indicating the received boarding place candidate on the display unit 12 (S14), and the selected boarding / alighting place transmitting unit 165 is the boarding place selected by the user U. The candidate is transmitted to the vehicle allocation management device 2 as the selected boarding place. Similarly, the display control unit 164 displays a screen (for example, the screen shown in FIG. 4) indicating the received drop-off location candidate on the display unit 12 (S15), and the selected boarding / alighting location transmission unit 165 is selected by the user U. The candidate for the drop-off location is transmitted to the vehicle allocation management device 2 as the selected drop-off location.

Subsequently, the display control unit 164 searches for a route based on the selected boarding place and the selected getting-off place, and displays a screen (for example, the screen shown in FIG. 5) including a map showing the route from the selected boarding place to the selected getting-off place. It is displayed on the display unit 12. When the user U performs an operation of giving a vehicle allocation instruction on the screen, the selective boarding / alighting place transmission unit 165 transmits a vehicle allocation instruction message to the vehicle allocation management device 2.

When the information transmission unit 233 receives the vehicle allocation instruction message, the instruction transmission unit 234 transmits the vehicle allocation instruction to the vehicle T. When the instruction transmission unit 234 receives a vehicle allocation response indicating that it corresponds to the vehicle allocation instruction from the vehicle T, the instruction transmission unit 234 transmits a vehicle allocation completion notification to the information terminal 1. Upon receiving the vehicle allocation completion notification, the display control unit 164 causes the display unit 12 to display a screen indicating that the vehicle allocation is completed.

[First modification]
In the above description, the case where the boarding / alighting place is one point is illustrated, but the boarding / alighting place may be defined by the area having a width. In this case, the storage unit 22 uses the first position and the second position away from the first position in the lane direction of the road including the first position as position information in association with the boarding / alighting place candidate in the boarding / alighting place database. Remember. The instruction transmission unit 234 transmits to the vehicle T a vehicle allocation instruction including area information indicating the first position and the second position stored in the storage unit 22 in association with the selected boarding / alighting place. The storage unit 22 may store the latitude / longitude of the intermediate position between the first position and the second position as the position information of the boarding / alighting place.

When the position of the boarding / alighting place is defined as an area in this way, the vehicle T shall stop at the position designated as the position of the boarding / alighting place because another vehicle is stopped or construction is being carried out. Even if you cannot, you can stop at another position within the area registered as the boarding / alighting point. When the vehicle T is an autonomous vehicle, it is difficult to stop at an appropriate position when it is not possible to stop at the specified position. When the area is designated as the boarding / alighting place position in this way. , The vehicle T can stop near the position desired by the user U. Therefore, it is preferable that the boarding / alighting area is defined as a region having a width when the vehicle T is an autonomous vehicle.

[Second modification]
In the above description, the case where the selected boarding place and the selected disembarking place selected by the user U are notified to the vehicle T and the vehicle T moves from the selected boarding place to the selected disembarking place is illustrated, but the boarding / alighting places are grouped. If the vehicle T cannot stop at the designated boarding / alighting place, it may move to another boarding / alighting place in the same group and stop. In this case, the storage unit 22 stores each of the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates in association with any of the plurality of groups in the boarding / alighting place database. The instruction transmission unit 234 further transmits other boarding / alighting place candidates to the vehicle T, on condition that it belongs to the group to which the selected boarding / alighting place belongs among a plurality of groups, for example, in response to a request from the vehicle T.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a modified example of the boarding / alighting place database. The boarding / alighting place database shown in FIG. 11 is different from the boarding / alighting place database shown in FIG. 8 in that a group ID is attached in association with each boarding / alighting place ID. In the boarding / alighting land database shown in FIG. 11, the boarding / alighting land IDs A001, A002, and A003 belong to group G1, and the boarding / alighting land IDs A004 and A005 belong to group G2.

The candidate selection unit 232 selects another boarding / alighting place candidate that belongs to the same group as the boarding / alighting place candidate selected by the user U and whose user attribute matches the permission target attribute, and selects the boarding / alighting place candidate. Is notified to the information transmission unit 233 and the instruction transmission unit 234. The candidate selection unit 232 selects another boarding / alighting place candidate in response to the notification from the vehicle T that the boarding / alighting place specified at the time of the vehicle allocation instruction cannot be used. The information transmission unit 233 notifies the information terminal 1 that it has changed to another boarding / alighting place. In addition, the instruction transmission unit 234 notifies the vehicle T of another selected boarding / alighting place candidate.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a modified example of the operation sequence of the vehicle allocation management system S. The operation sequence diagram shown in FIG. 12 starts from the time when the instruction transmission unit 234 transmits the vehicle allocation instruction to the vehicle T.

When it is determined that the vehicle T that has started traveling cannot stop at the boarding place (S21), the vehicle T transmits a message requesting another boarding place candidate to the vehicle allocation management device 2. Upon receiving the message, the candidate selection unit 232 selects another boarding place belonging to the same group as the boarding place notified in the vehicle allocation instruction as an alternative boarding place (S22). The information transmission unit 233 notifies the information terminal 1 of the alternative boarding location selected by the candidate selection unit 232.

The display control unit 164 causes the display unit 12 to display the notified position of the alternative boarding place (S23). When the user U performs an operation of permitting the change of the position of the boarding place, the selective boarding / alighting place transmitting unit 165 transmits a change permission message indicating that the change is permitted to the vehicle allocation management device 2. Upon receiving the change permission message, the instruction transmitting unit 234 notifies the vehicle T of the alternative boarding place selected by the candidate selection unit 232. Upon receiving the notification of the alternative boarding place, the vehicle T moves to the alternative boarding place (S24).

In this way, the boarding / alighting points are grouped, and the candidate selection unit 232 makes it possible to select the selected boarding place or the boarding / alighting place belonging to the same group as the selected boarding / alighting place, so that the vehicle T can select the designated boarding / alighting place. Even if you cannot stop at, you can move to another boarding / alighting place where you can stop. In the above description, the case where the candidate selection unit 232 selects another boarding / alighting place belonging to the same group when the vehicle T cannot stop at the selected boarding place or the selected boarding place has been illustrated, but the candidate selection unit 232 has been illustrated. , Another boarding / alighting place may be selected in advance, and the instruction transmitting unit 234 may transmit the other boarding / alighting place to the vehicle T at the time of the vehicle allocation instruction.

[Effect of vehicle allocation management system S]
As described above, in the vehicle allocation management system S, the vehicle allocation management device 2 is selected from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates for the information terminal 1 that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request, based on the attributes of the user of the information terminal 1. One or more boarding / alighting place candidates are transmitted to the information terminal 1. By operating the vehicle allocation management device 2 in this way, it is possible to prevent the user U who should not use the boarding / alighting place from using the boarding / alighting place, so that a specific user U who can use the boarding / alighting place can easily use the boarding / alighting place. Become.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist thereof. is there. For example, all or a part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in any unit. Also included in the embodiments of the present invention are new embodiments resulting from any combination of the plurality of embodiments. The effect of the new embodiment produced by the combination also has the effect of the original embodiment.

1 Information terminal 2 Vehicle allocation management device 11 Communication unit 12 Display unit 13 Operation unit 14 GPS receiver 15 Storage unit 16 Control unit 21 Communication unit 22 Storage unit 23 Control unit 161 Position identification unit 162 Vehicle allocation request unit 163 Boarding / alighting location reception unit 164 Display Control unit 165 Selective boarding / alighting point transmission unit 231 Request acquisition unit 232 Candidate selection unit 233 Information transmission unit 234 Instruction transmission unit

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A request acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying the user from an information terminal of a user who wishes to board the vehicle.
One or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected from a plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates are transmitted to the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request acquired by the request acquisition unit based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information. Information transmitter and
After acquiring the selected boarding / alighting place selected from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the information terminal, an instruction transmitting unit that transmits a vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle on which the user is boarded.
Vehicle allocation management device with. The request acquisition unit further acquires position information indicating the position of the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request.
Among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates, the instruction transmitting unit transmits the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates corresponding to the positions within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information.
The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 1. The user's attributes include the user's address.
The information transmission unit transmits the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates available to the user residing at the address among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates.
The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 1 or 2. The user's attributes include the user's purchase history.
Among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates, the information transmitting unit transmits the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used by the user who made the purchase indicated by the purchase history.
The vehicle allocation management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The boarding / alighting place candidate is associated with classification information indicating whether or not it can be used as a boarding place or whether or not it can be used as a boarding place.
The vehicle allocation management device is a candidate selection unit that determines whether to select the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates as boarding place candidates or the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates as boarding place candidates based on the classification information. Have more,
The vehicle allocation management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The request acquisition unit acquires the vehicle allocation request indicating the destination, and obtains the request.
The candidate selection unit selects one or more boarding / alighting place candidates that can be used as a getting-off place based on the classification information and the destination.
The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 5. It further has a candidate site storage unit that stores a plurality of the boarding / alighting site candidates in association with the permission target attribute as a condition for selecting the one or more boarding / alighting site candidates.
Among the plurality of boarding / alighting place candidates stored in the candidate site storage unit, the information transmission unit is associated with the permission target attribute to which the attribute of the user of the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request is associated with the candidate. The above-mentioned one or more boarding / alighting place candidates stored in the ground storage unit are transmitted.
The vehicle allocation management device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The candidate site storage unit stores the first position and the second position away from the first position in the lane direction of the road including the first position in association with the boarding / alighting site candidate.
The instruction transmitting unit transmits the vehicle allocation instruction including the area information indicating the first position and the second position stored in the candidate site storage unit in association with the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle.
The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 7. The candidate site storage unit stores each of the plurality of boarding / alighting site candidates in association with any of the plurality of groups.
The instruction transmitting unit further transmits the other boarding / alighting place candidates to the vehicle, provided that it belongs to the group to which the selected boarding / alighting place belongs among the plurality of groups.
The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 7 or 8. Computer runs,
A step of acquiring a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying the user from an information terminal of a user who wishes to board the vehicle, and
A step of transmitting one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information to the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request.
After acquiring the selected boarding / alighting place selected from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the information terminal, a step of transmitting a vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle on which the user is boarded, and
Vehicle allocation management method with. It is equipped with an information terminal for users who wish to board the vehicle and a vehicle allocation management device for managing vehicle allocation.
The vehicle allocation management device is
A request acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying the user, and a request acquisition unit.
An information transmission unit that transmits one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information to the information terminal that has transmitted the vehicle allocation request acquired by the request acquisition unit.
After acquiring the selected boarding / alighting place selected from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates from the information terminal, an instruction transmitting unit that transmits a vehicle allocation instruction including the selected boarding / alighting place to the vehicle on which the user is boarded.
Have,
The information terminal is
In response to the reception of the vehicle allocation request, the vehicle allocation request unit that transmits the vehicle allocation request including the identification information for identifying the user who uses the information terminal to the vehicle allocation management device that manages the vehicle allocation, and the vehicle allocation request unit.
An boarding / alighting place receiving unit that receives one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information from the vehicle allocation management device.
A display control unit that displays one or more boarding / alighting place candidates on the display unit,
A selective boarding / alighting place transmitting unit that transmits a selected boarding / alighting place selected by the user from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates to the vehicle allocation management device.
Vehicle allocation management system. Computer,
A vehicle allocation request unit that transmits a vehicle allocation request including identification information for identifying a user who uses the computer to a vehicle allocation management device that manages the vehicle allocation in response to the reception of the vehicle allocation request.
An boarding / alighting place receiving unit that receives one or more boarding / alighting place candidates selected based on the attributes of the user corresponding to the identification information from the vehicle allocation management device.
A display control unit that displays one or more boarding / alighting place candidates on a display unit, and a selected boarding / alighting place transmitting unit that transmits a selected boarding / alighting place selected by the user from the one or more boarding / alighting place candidates to the vehicle allocation management device.
A program to function as.

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