JP2021131597A - Vehicle allocation system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle allocation system with which it is possible for a person having reserved a vehicle to invite other users to ride together.SOLUTION: A vehicle allocation system 1 for allocating vehicles in accordance with reservations comprises: a plurality of reservation devices 2 for reserving vehicles; and an operation management system 3 for accepting vehicle reservations by the reservation devices 2 and managing vehicle allocation schedules. The operation management system 3 is capable of registering information of users corresponding to the plurality of reservation devices 2, each reservation device 2 capable of reserving the boarding of users of the reservation device 2 and capable of temporarily reserving the boarding of users of other reservation devices 2. When the boarding of users of one reservation device 2 is reserved and the boarding of users of other reservation devices 2 is temporarily reserved by the one reservation device 2, the operation management system 3 enables delivery of information of temporary reservation to the other reservation devices 2 and enables acceptance of approval or disapproval of the temporary reservation from the reservation device 2 to whom the information of temporary reservation has been delivered.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle dispatch system.

In recent years, an on-demand vehicle dispatch system that manages vehicles via a network and dispatches the vehicles according to the demands of users has been attracting attention. More specifically, for example, a system has been proposed in which a vehicle is dispatched according to a user's reservation within a predetermined area, and a vehicle transfers between arbitrary points.

Further, in such a system, the vehicle user (passenger) himself / herself may not reserve the vehicle allocation. For example, in a transportation system that operates a vehicle in a predetermined area, it is connected to an invitee terminal operated by an invitee who invites invitees inside and outside the area via a network, and the vehicle is dispatched based on the reservation of the vehicle. It is a vehicle dispatching device, and the means for issuing a postpaid ticket in which the invitee bears the vehicle dispatching cost for receiving the invitation and moving by the postpaid method, and the usage consideration for billing the invitee for the vehicle dispatching cost. A vehicle dispatching device including a means for calculating the usage consideration for calculation has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

According to such a vehicle dispatching device, the invitee reserves a vehicle, and the invitee board the reserved vehicle.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2018-55485

On the other hand, in the on-demand vehicle dispatch system, a person who has reserved a vehicle may wish to invite other users to go out together.

However, in the vehicle dispatching device described in Patent Document 1, since the invitee makes a reservation and only the non-invited person boarded, the person who reserved the vehicle cannot invite another user to ride.

The present invention is a vehicle allocation system in which a vehicle reservation person can invite other users to ride together.

The present invention [1] is a vehicle allocation system for allocating vehicles according to reservations, and a plurality of reservation means for reserving vehicle allocation and management for accepting reservations for vehicle allocation by the reservation means and managing the vehicle allocation schedule. The management means can register user information corresponding to a plurality of the reservation means, and each reservation means can reserve a ride of a user of each reservation means, and other means. The boarding of the user of the reservation means can be tentatively reserved, and the management means reserves the boarding of the user of the reservation means by one of the reservation means, and the other users of the reservation means. When the boarding is tentatively reserved, the tentative reservation information can be delivered to the other reservation means, and the approval or disapproval of the tentative reservation can be accepted from the reservation means to which the tentative reservation information is delivered. , A vehicle dispatch system.

In the vehicle allocation system of the present invention, the reservation means can tentatively reserve the ride of a user of another reservation means, and the management means reserves the ride of the user of one reservation means by one reservation means. When the boarding of a user of another reservation means is tentatively reserved, the tentative reservation information can be delivered to the other reservation means, and the tentative reservation is accepted or rejected from the reservation means to which the tentative reservation information is delivered. Can be

Therefore, according to the vehicle allocation system of the present invention, the vehicle reservation person can invite other users to ride together.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the vehicle allocation system of the present invention, and is a schematic diagram showing a communication state when a person planning to board a vehicle reserves a vehicle allocation. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a communication state when a person who reserves a vehicle allocation proposes to ride with another person in the vehicle allocation system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a communication state when a person who is proposed to ride in the vehicle allocation system shown in FIG. 1 transmits approval or disapproval of the proposal for riding.

(1) Overall Configuration of Vehicle Allocation System In FIG. 1, the vehicle allocation system 1 is a system that allocates a vehicle to a user according to a reservation.

The vehicle dispatch system 1 is adopted in various vehicle operation services for allocating vehicles, for example, an on-demand bus that operates with users on board according to a reservation, a taxi that transfers users according to a reservation, and the like.

Hereinafter, the on-demand bus will be described as an example of the vehicle allocation system 1.

In FIG. 1, the vehicle allocation system 1 includes a reservation device 2 as a reservation means for reserving the allocation of the bus 10 as a vehicle, and an operation management system 3 as a management means for managing the vehicle allocation schedule. ..

The reserved device 2 is a communication device connected to the network 100 (Internet service) by a known method.

For example, the reservation device 2 can transmit information for reserving the dispatch of the bus 10 to the operation management system 3 as data (hereinafter, reservation data) via the network 100. As a result, the reservation device 2 can reserve the dispatch of the bus 10.

The reservation data is not particularly limited, but includes, for example, the personal information of the person who reserved the dispatch of the bus 10 (reservation person) and / or the person who plans to board the bus 10 (user, the person who plans to board). Can be done.

The personal information of the reservation person and / or the user (planned boarding person) is information that can identify the reservation person and / or the user (planned boarding person), for example, name, age, gender, appearance, authentication ID, etc. Can be mentioned.

In addition, the reservation data can include, for example, the arrival position and arrival time of the bus 10 requested by the reservation person and / or the user (planned boarding person).

The arrival position (dispatch position) of the bus 10 may be, for example, an arbitrary point selected by the reservation person and / or the user (planned boarding person), or may be selected from a plurality of pre-registered stoptable positions. It may be the point where it is done.

Further, the arrival time (dispatch time) of the bus 10 may be, for example, an arbitrary time selected by the reservation person and / or the user (planned boarding person), and can be selected from the pre-registered dispatchable times. It may be the time to be done.

Such a reservation device 2 is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include communication terminals such as mobile terminals (smartphones, tablet computers, etc.) and stationary terminals (home computers, business computers, etc.).

These communication terminals can be provided with a function for reserving a vehicle dispatch by a known method such as installation of a vehicle dispatch reservation application or installation of an internet browser (an internet browser that can connect to a vehicle dispatch reservation site).

That is, a general-purpose communication terminal (smartphone or the like) owned by the reservation person and / or the boarding person can be used as the reservation device 2.

Further, the reservation device 2 may be, for example, not a general-purpose communication terminal but a unique terminal of the vehicle allocation system 1.

These reserved devices 2 can be used alone or in combination of two or more.

The reservation device 2 preferably includes a mobile terminal (smartphone or the like) in which a vehicle allocation reservation application is installed.

A plurality of such reservation devices 2 are provided according to the number of persons (reservable persons) who can reserve a vehicle allocation. Then, for example, one reservation device 2 is made operable by one reservation-capable person.

FIG. 1 shows four reserved devices 2. When distinguishing each reservation device 2, they are referred to as a reservation device 2α, a reservation device 2β, a reservation device 2γ, and a reservation device 2δ in order from the paper in FIG.

Further, in the following, the user of the reserved device 2α is referred to as the user α, the user of the reserved device 2β is referred to as the user β, the user of the reserved device 2γ is referred to as the user γ, and the user of the reserved device 2δ is referred to as the user δ. Each is called.

As will be described in detail later, each reservation device 2 can reserve the boarding of one user corresponding to one reservation device 2 (for example, user α corresponding to the reservation device 2α), and another It is possible to make a tentative reservation for the boarding of another user corresponding to the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2β to the user β corresponding to the reservation device 2δ to the user δ).

Further, each reservation device 2 has a function of transmitting the approval or disapproval of the tentative reservation to the operation management system 3 described later when the boarding is tentatively reserved.

That is, when the boarding of another user (for example, user β to user δ) is tentatively reserved by one user (for example, user α), the corresponding reservation device 2 (for example, reservation device 2β) is reserved. -The reservation device 2δ) can transmit the approval or disapproval of the provisional reservation to the operation management system 3.

The operation management system 3 is a system that accepts reservations for vehicle allocation by the reservation device 2 and manages the vehicle allocation schedule of the bus 10.

More specifically, the operation management system 3 efficiently calculates, for example, the operation route, stop position, stop time, etc. of the bus 10 in response to reservations (requests) of a plurality of reservation devices 2. This is a system for dispatching vehicles to users.

The operation management system 3 includes a processing device 31 that processes vehicle allocation reservations, and a server 32 that stores vehicle allocation reservations as data.

The processing device 31 is a host computer and is connected to the network 100 by a known method. As a result, the processing device 31 can receive the reservation data for vehicle allocation from the reservation device 2 via the network, and can store the reservation data in a reservation storage unit (reservation memory) (not shown).

Further, although not shown in detail, the processing device 31 is not shown in detail, but is an operation factor for calculating the operation route of the bus 10 (for example, the stoptable position of the bus 10, the operable route of the bus 10, and the bus 10 in each route. It is provided with an operation information storage unit (memory, etc.) for storing (speed, required time, etc.) and a calculation unit (CPU, etc.) for calculating the operation route of the bus 10.

As a result, the processing device 31 can calculate an efficient vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time based on the operation factor and the reservation data.

Further, in the operation management system 3, the arithmetic unit of the processing device 31 is a program for one user to invite another user to ride, that is, to propose a ride (ride proposal program), as will be described in detail later. P).

As a result, the processing device 31, which will be described in detail later, reserves the ride of the user (for example, user α) of one reservation device 2, and further, the reservation device 2 of the processing device 2 reserves the other reservation device 2. (For example, user β to user δ), when the boarding of at least one of the users is tentatively reserved, the reservation means corresponding to the tentatively reserved user (for example, reservation device 2β). -Temporary reservation information can be delivered to the reservation device 2δ).

The server 32 is a data storage medium capable of storing reserved data received by the processing device 31. More specifically, the server 32 is connected to the processing device 31 by wired communication or wireless communication, and can receive reserved data from the processing device 31. As a result, the server 32 can store the reservation data transmitted from the reservation device 2 and received by the processing device 31.

Further, the server 32 can register the information of the user (user α to user δ in FIG. 1) corresponding to the plurality of reservation devices 2 (reservation device 2α to reservation device 2δ in FIG. 1). The user information includes, for example, the correspondence between the reservation device 2 and the user, the personal information of each user (for example, name, age, gender, appearance, authentication ID, etc.).

Further, the server 32 can register, for example, the relationship of each user (for example, friendship, blood relationship, etc.).

(2) Vehicle Allocation Reservation In the above vehicle allocation system 1, a person who plans to board the bus 10 usually reserves a vehicle allocation by himself / herself.

In the following, a case where a user α who owns the reservation device 2α reserves a vehicle allocation as a prospective boarder of the bus 10 will be described.

In such a case, in the vehicle allocation system 1, first, the user α uses the reservation device 2α to transmit the reservation data for reserving the vehicle allocation to the operation management system 3 via the network 100 (arrow in FIG. 1). See A).

Next, the operation management system 3 determines the received reservation data and the operation factors (for example, the stoptable position of the bus 10, the operable route of the bus 10, the speed and the required time of the bus 10 in each route, and the like). It processes according to a predetermined program and calculates an efficient vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time.

After that, the operation management system 3 transmits the vehicle allocation route and the vehicle allocation time to the reservation device 2 that has reserved the vehicle allocation (see arrow B in FIG. 1), and stores the reservation data in the server 32.

Then, the bus 10 is operated according to the calculated vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time.

As a result, the bus 10 is efficiently dispatched to the user α who is the planned boarding person (reservation person).

(3) Proposal for passengers In the vehicle allocation system 1, the user α who has reserved the vehicle allocation using the reservation device 2α proposes the passengers to ride with the other reservation device 2β to the user β to the user δ having the reservation device 2δ. be able to.

More specifically, in the vehicle allocation system 1 described above, first, the user α uses the reservation device 2α to transmit reservation data for reserving vehicle allocation to the operation management system 3 via the network 100.

At this time, the user α selects a partner who wants to propose a ride from the other users β to δ.

For example, the user α selects the user β and the user γ as the partners for proposing the ride.

The selection method is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a method in which the user α selects the name of the person to whom the ride is proposed from a list created in advance, a database created in advance, or the like. A method may be used in which the user α fills in a predetermined form with the name, identification ID, and the like of the person who proposes to ride.

In such a case, in the vehicle allocation system 1 described above, reservation data including information on the user β and the user γ is transmitted from the reservation device 2α of the user α to the operation management system 3 (see arrow X in FIG. 2). ).

Next, the operation management system 3 includes the received reservation data (including the reservation of the user α and the provisional reservation of the user β to the user γ) and the operation factor (for example, the stoptable position of the bus 10). The route that the bus 10 can operate, the speed and the required time of the bus 10 on each route, etc.) are processed by a predetermined program, and an efficient vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time are calculated.

Then, the operation management system 3 tentatively determines the calculated vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time.

More specifically, the operation management system 3 tentatively determines the vehicle allocation route and the vehicle allocation time that can correspond to all the tentative reservations, assuming that all the tentative reservations are not canceled.

After that, the processing device 31 reads the registration information of the user corresponding to each reservation device 2 from the server 32 according to the ride proposal program P, and the reservation device 2 corresponding to the user β and the user γ who are proposed to ride. (For example, the reserved device 2β and the reserved device 2γ) are specified.

Then, the processing device 31 provides tentative reservation information to the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2β and the reservation device 2γ) corresponding to the user (for example, the user β and the user γ) who is proposed to ride together. Is delivered and a ride is proposed (see arrow Y in FIG. 2).

That is, in the processing device 31, one reservation device 2 (for example, reservation device 2α) reserves the ride of the user (for example, user α) of one reservation device 2, and the other reservation device 2 (for example, user α) reserves the ride. When the ride of the user (for example, user β and user γ) of the reservation device 2β and the reservation device 2γ) is tentatively reserved, the tentative reservation information is distributed to the other reservation device 2.

Examples of the tentative reservation information include the person who proposed the ride (for example, the user α), the reservation date and time, the scheduled vehicle allocation date and time, the destination, and the like.

Note that the provisional reservation information is not delivered to the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device δ) corresponding to the user (for example, the user δ) who is not proposed to ride.

Then, the user (for example, user β and user γ) of the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2β and the reservation device 2γ) that has received the provisional reservation information inputs the approval or disapproval of the provisional reservation to the reservation device 2. do. That is, the user selects whether to accept the proposal for riding and make the tentative reservation the main reservation, or reject the proposal for riding and cancel the tentative reservation, and approve or reject the tentative reservation to the reservation device 2. input. The reservation device 2 transmits the approval / disapproval of the provisional reservation to the operation management system 3 (see arrow Z in FIG. 3).

The operation management system 3 accepts the approval or disapproval of the provisional reservation transmitted from the reservation device 2, and adjusts the vehicle allocation route and the vehicle allocation time tentatively determined above based on the result.

For example, when the user β makes the tentative reservation the main reservation and the user γ cancels the tentative reservation, the operation management system 3 excludes the canceled tentative reservation and re-establishes the optimum vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time. decide.

Then, the operation management system 3 transmits the vehicle allocation route and the vehicle allocation time to the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2α and the reservation device 2β) for which the vehicle allocation is actually reserved (see arrow W in FIG. 3).

Further, the operation management system 3 tentatively reserves the boarding of another user, for example, with respect to the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2α) of the user (for example, the user α) who proposes the boarding. Send the result of approval or disapproval of the user's tentative reservation. That is, the user who has made the tentative reservation (for example, the user α) is notified which tentative reservation has become the main reservation and which tentative reservation has been canceled. In addition, the operation management system 3 displays a list of passengers on the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2α and the reservation device 2β) for which the vehicle allocation is actually reserved, and also displays an icon indicating the passenger reservation.

Then, the bus 10 is operated according to the calculated vehicle allocation route and vehicle allocation time.

As a result, the bus 10 is efficiently dispatched to the users who have reserved the dispatch (for example, the user α and the user β).

As described above, in the vehicle allocation system 1 described above, the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2α) can tentatively reserve the ride of the user of the other reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2β and the reservation device 2δ). be. Further, in the operation management system 3, one reservation device 2 (for example, reservation device 2α) reserves the ride of the user (for example, user α) of one reservation device 2, and the other reservation device 2 is used. When the boarding of a person (for example, user β and user γ) is tentatively reserved, the tentative reservation information can be distributed to other reservation devices 2 (for example, reservation device 2β and reservation device 2δ). Then, the approval / disapproval of the tentative reservation can be received from the reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2β and the reservation device 2δ) to which the tentative reservation information is distributed.

Therefore, according to the vehicle allocation system 1 described above, the reservation person (for example, user α) of the bus 10 can invite other users (for example, user β and user γ) to ride on the bus.

2. Modification example In the vehicle allocation system 1 described above, either the reservation device 2 of the user who proposed the ride (for example, the reservation device 2α) or the reservation device 2 of the user who accepted the proposal of the ride (for example, the reservation device 2β). Also, it is possible to send a request for changing or canceling the vehicle allocation to the operation management system 3.

In such a case, when the change or cancellation of the vehicle allocation is transmitted from any of the reservation devices 2 (for example, the reservation device 2β) to the operation management system 3, the operation management system 3 requests the change or cancellation of the vehicle allocation. , Transmit to another reservation device 2 (for example, reservation device 2α). Then, the other reservation device 2 (for example, the reservation device 2α) can transmit the approval or disapproval of the request for changing or canceling the vehicle allocation.

As a result, the operation management system 3 can efficiently dispatch the vehicle according to the wishes of both the user who proposed the ride and the user who accepted the proposal for the ride.

1 Vehicle dispatch system 2 Reservation device 3 Operation management system 10 Bus 31 Processing device 32 Server 100 Network

Claims (1)

It is a vehicle dispatch system for dispatching vehicles according to reservations.
Multiple booking methods for booking dispatches,
It is provided with a management means for accepting reservations for vehicle allocation by the reservation means and managing the vehicle allocation schedule.
The management means can register user information corresponding to the plurality of reservation means.
Each of the above reservation means
It is possible to reserve the ride of the user of each reservation means, and at the same time
It is possible to make a tentative reservation for the boarding of a user of the other reservation means.
The management means
When the boarding of the user of the reservation means is reserved by the reservation means and the boarding of the user of the other reservation means is tentatively reserved.
The information of the provisional reservation can be distributed to the other reservation means.
A vehicle allocation system characterized in that it is possible to accept or reject a tentative reservation from the reservation means to which the tentative reservation information is distributed.

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