CN110901464A

CN110901464A - Shared vehicle management device, shared vehicle management method and shared vehicle management system

Info

Publication number: CN110901464A
Application number: CN201811081329.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张达
Original assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
Current assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2018-09-17
Filing date: 2018-09-17
Publication date: 2020-03-24

Abstract

The invention provides a shared vehicle management device, a shared vehicle management method and a shared vehicle management system. The shared vehicle management device includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires a travel route from a current location to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles; a low-power vehicle detection unit that detects a low-power vehicle that cannot reach a destination, based on the acquired travel route of each shared electric vehicle and the battery remaining power; and an exchange vehicle detection unit which detects shared electric vehicles in other loans which can be exchanged with the vehicle with insufficient electric power, based on the detected travel route and remaining battery power of the vehicle with insufficient electric power, and the travel route and remaining battery power of the shared electric vehicles in other loans. Therefore, when the battery capacity of the rented shared electric vehicle cannot reach the destination, the user can reach the destination through exchanging with other shared electric vehicles even if the user does not go to the charging station for charging, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Shared vehicle management device, shared vehicle management method and shared vehicle management system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a shared vehicle management device, a shared vehicle management method, and a shared vehicle management system, and more particularly, to a shared vehicle management device, a shared vehicle management method, and a shared vehicle management system for a borrowed shared electric vehicle when the battery capacity of the shared electric vehicle cannot reach a destination.

Background

With the continuous depletion of petroleum resources and the reduction of emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide in order to cope with global warming, Electric vehicles (Electric vehicles) driven by batteries have been increasing year by year. The cruising ability of the electric automobile like a sedan at present is about 300-500 kilometers. When the battery capacity is not enough, the charging station or the charging pile configured at home can be used for charging the battery.

In addition, in recent years, shared vehicles have been widely used as an emerging vehicle. The shared vehicle refers to a plurality of vehicles provided by a shared vehicle manager (or a shared vehicle management system, a shared vehicle management service center), and different users can rent the vehicles after registering on a client APP through mobile terminals such as a smart phone or a tablet personal computer. When returning, the vehicle is returned to the appointed place, and the settlement can be carried out. The charging mode is generally calculated according to the using duration, the kilometer number or the combination of the using duration and the kilometer number.

Most of the shared vehicles are electric vehicles. The sharing vehicle of electric automobile when not being borrowed, the vehicle is connected with the rifle that charges that fills electric pile. When returning the vehicle, the vehicle is not only returned to a designated place, but also the charging gun needs to be plugged in. And after the charging gun is inserted, the renting is finished. As the payment method, after the vehicle is returned, the user can pay the fee by an electronic payment method at the mobile terminal side.

The electric vehicle has disadvantages in that the cruising ability is limited and the charging time is long. When a user purchases an electric automobile for home use, the user can charge the automobile on a charging pile configured in the home according to the use rule of the user and after the automobile is used every day, so that the defects cannot be completely shown.

However, when the electric vehicle is used as a shared vehicle by a user, the battery power of the rented vehicle may not meet the user's demand because the destination and the distance of each person are uncertain. When the battery capacity of the rented vehicle cannot meet the user demand, the vehicle needs to be charged to a charging station. However, when the user charges the rented vehicle, not only much time is required but also the cost of using the vehicle increases during the charging. Not only is more time spent, but also more costs are spent for the rented user.

Therefore, when the shared vehicle is used, trouble is brought to users sometimes, an impression that the shared vehicle is inconvenient is brought to the users, and user experience of the shared vehicle is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shared vehicle management apparatus, a shared vehicle management method, and a shared vehicle management system that can satisfy a user's demand even without charging to a charging station when the battery capacity of a shared vehicle of an electric vehicle used by the user cannot satisfy the demand.

The present invention provides a shared vehicle management device, comprising: the information acquisition unit acquires a travel route from a current location to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles, and further includes: a low-power vehicle detection unit that detects a low-power vehicle that cannot reach a destination, based on the travel route and the battery remaining power of each shared electric vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit; an exchange vehicle detecting unit that detects a shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged with the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity, based on a travel route and a remaining battery amount of the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity detected by the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity detecting unit, and the travel route and the remaining battery amount of the shared electric vehicle in another loan; and a notification unit configured to notify the shared electric vehicle in the electric power shortage vehicle and the other loaned vehicles that can be exchanged of exchange information.

Therefore, by the shared vehicle management device, when the residual electric quantity of the battery of the rented shared electric vehicle cannot reach the destination, the shared electric vehicle can reach the destination by exchanging with other shared electric vehicles in loan without using a charging station, and the user experience is improved.

The shared vehicle management device further includes a charging station detection unit that detects a charging station; a charging station position confirmation unit that confirms whether or not the charging station detected by the charging station detection unit is located in a current position or a predetermined area of a travel route; when the charge station position confirmation unit confirms that the checked-out charge station is not located in the current position or the predetermined area of the travel route, the shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged is checked out by the exchange vehicle check unit.

Thus, when the remaining battery power cannot reach the destination, the charging station is further detected and whether the charging station location is in the predetermined area is checked. The switching detection operation process is performed only when the charging station is outside the predetermined area. If the charging station is located in a predetermined area, the user does not need to perform the operation processing of the exchange detection when the user can conveniently charge. Thereby making the shared vehicle more intelligent.

The shared vehicle management device further includes an exchange point specifying unit that specifies an exchange point; and determining the intersection point of the routes with the same passing time of the two vehicles as the exchange place according to the running routes of the vehicles with insufficient electric quantity and the detected shared electric vehicles in other loans which can be exchanged.

Thus, when the shared electric vehicles in other lending processes that can be exchanged are detected, the exchange of the vehicles is performed without delaying the time between the vehicles when the intersection point of the mutually passing time matching routes is used as the exchange point. Therefore, the exchange possibility is greatly improved, and convenience is provided for users.

The exchange point confirmation unit may determine, as the exchange point, an intersection point of the travel routes of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the shared electric vehicle in another lending process that can be exchanged, and an intersection point at which both vehicles can reach their respective destinations after the exchange from the intersection point.

Therefore, after the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity is exchanged with the vehicle which can be exchanged, the two vehicles can reach the respective destinations. Therefore, the exchange possibility is greatly improved, and convenience is provided for users.

The shared vehicle management device may further include a shared vehicle detection unit that detects a shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged with the vehicle with insufficient electric power, wherein the shared electric vehicle is capable of reaching the respective destination after the two vehicles are exchanged.

Therefore, the shared electric vehicle is exchanged with the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity on the premise of not influencing the arrival of other shared electric vehicles in loan at the destination. Therefore, the overall operation rate of the shared electric vehicle is greatly improved, and convenience is provided for users.

The shared vehicle management device may be configured such that the notification unit notifies the shared electric-powered vehicle in which the electric power is insufficient and the other lent shared electric-powered vehicles that can be exchanged of exchange information and also notifies exchange point information.

Therefore, the users of the shared electric vehicles in other lents which can be exchanged with the vehicles with insufficient electric quantity can determine whether to exchange the vehicles or not according to the exchange place information.

The shared vehicle management device further comprises a loan information exchange unit for exchanging loan information of the two vehicles when the vehicle with insufficient electric power is exchanged with other exchangeable shared electric vehicles in loan.

The loan information exchange unit may exchange the two-vehicle loan information when the two vehicles arrive at the exchange point, based on the current position information of the shared electric vehicle in the electricity shortage vehicle and the other exchangeable loans.

Therefore, even after the vehicles are exchanged, no trouble is brought to the user, and the convenience of sharing the vehicles is greatly improved.

The invention also provides a shared vehicle management method, which comprises the following steps: an information acquisition step of acquiring a travel route from a current position to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles; a power shortage vehicle detection step of detecting a power shortage vehicle which cannot reach a destination according to the acquired travel route of each shared electric vehicle and the acquired remaining battery power; an exchange vehicle detection step of detecting a shared electric vehicle in other lending which can be exchanged with the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity according to a driving route and a battery residual quantity of the detected vehicle with insufficient electric quantity and the driving route and the battery residual quantity of the shared electric vehicle in other lending; and a notification step of notifying the shared electric vehicle in the electric quantity shortage vehicle and the other loaned shared electric vehicles that can be exchanged of the exchange information.

The present invention also provides a shared vehicle management system, including: the information acquisition unit acquires a travel route from a current location to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles, and further includes: a low-power vehicle detection unit that detects a low-power vehicle that cannot reach a destination, based on the travel route and the battery remaining power of each shared electric vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit; an exchange vehicle detecting unit that detects a shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged with the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity, based on a travel route and a remaining battery amount of the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity detected by the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity detecting unit, and the travel route and the remaining battery amount of the shared electric vehicle in another loan; and a notification unit configured to notify the shared electric vehicle in the electric power shortage vehicle and the other loaned vehicles that can be exchanged of exchange information.

Various modes of the shared vehicle management device are also suitable for the shared vehicle management method and the shared vehicle management system, and corresponding technical effects are obtained.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing a shared vehicle management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing a shared vehicle management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing a shared vehicle management method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing a shared vehicle management method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments applicable to the present invention are described below with reference to the drawings.

The shared vehicle management apparatus of the present invention may be disposed on a shared vehicle. For example, the shared vehicle management device may be incorporated in the vehicle together with the car navigation device or the like, or may be mounted on the vehicle as a separate device. The shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention may be managed by a shared vehicle manager, and the shared vehicle may be managed by the shared vehicle manager through the shared vehicle management apparatus.

(first embodiment)

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The shared vehicle management device 10A is connected to the map database 100. The shared vehicle management device 10A includes an information acquisition unit 1, a low-battery vehicle detection unit 2, a control unit 3, a replacement vehicle detection unit 4, and a notification unit 5. Here, the map database 100 may be included in the shared vehicle management device 10A.

The map database 100 stores map data including road information and facility information, and is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk, a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, a memory card, and a semiconductor memory.

The information acquisition unit 1 acquires a travel route from a current position to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of loaned shared electric vehicles. Here, as the shared vehicle, each vehicle is inevitably equipped with a GPS, and therefore, the shared vehicle management apparatus can acquire the position information of the shared vehicle under loan. In addition, when the user sets destination information on the client APP of the in-vehicle device or the mobile terminal in the shared vehicle, the destination information can be acquired. The user destination information may be estimated from personal information of the reservation user, for example, preference, history route, destination setting history, and the like. Therefore, the shared vehicle management device can acquire the travel route information from the present position and the destination information of the shared vehicle under loan. Next, the shared vehicle manager may upload the remaining battery capacity information to the management device at any time in order to grasp the remaining battery capacity information of the electric vehicle being lent at any time. The shared vehicle management device may calculate the remaining capacity of the battery based on the remaining capacity information of the battery of the shared electric vehicle at the time of loan and the present position information of the vehicle.

The electric power shortage vehicle detecting unit 2 detects a vehicle whose current electric power of the battery cannot reach the destination, based on the travel route of the electric vehicle under loan and the battery remaining power information acquired by the information acquiring unit 1.

The control unit 3 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, which are not shown, and performs various controls and processes on the shared vehicle management device 10A by a built-in application. The external map database 100, the information acquisition unit 1, the low battery vehicle detection unit 2, the replacement vehicle detection unit 4, and the notification unit 5 are connected.

When the vehicle with insufficient electric energy is detected by the vehicle with insufficient electric energy detection unit 2, the replacement vehicle detection unit 4 starts operation. Here, the exchange vehicle detection unit 4 detects another lended electric vehicle that can be exchanged with the low-power vehicle within a certain range of the low-power vehicle (for example, within 5 km of the low-power vehicle as a center of a circle) based on the travel route and battery power information of the low-power vehicle and the other lended electric vehicles acquired by the information acquisition unit 1. Wherein, within a certain range, the user can set the range by himself or automatically by the system. In addition, the setting range may be automatically adjusted according to the area where the vehicle is in a low power state. For example, in a busy city, the certain range may be smaller (2 km, 3 km, etc.), and in a remote location, the range may be larger (10 km, 15 km, etc.).

The optimal scheme is that the vehicle which can ensure that the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity reaches the destination is detected, and the residual battery capacity of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity can meet the requirement that the user of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity reaches the destination of the user after the vehicle exchange. In addition, the vehicle which can meet the condition that the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity reaches the destination of the vehicle can be detected, and after the vehicle is exchanged, the residual electric quantity of the battery of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity at least can meet the condition that the user of the exchange vehicle reaches the charging station.

The notification unit 5 notifies the user of the vehicle exchange information in the form of characters or voice. The text information can be displayed and notified to the user through the mobile terminal or the vehicle-mounted equipment. The form of the sound may be notified to the user through a speaker of the mobile terminal itself, or may be notified to the user through a speaker mounted in a vehicle.

As described above, when the shared electric vehicle is used, the shared vehicle management apparatus detects another shared electric vehicle that can be exchanged when the destination cannot be reached due to the remaining battery power, and then performs the exchange. The charging device not only saves the time cost of charging to a charging station, but also saves the cost of using the vehicle, and is convenient for users to use.

Next, a shared vehicle management method executed by the shared vehicle management device 10A according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. Referring to the flowchart of fig. 2, a shared vehicle management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention is described.

As shown in fig. 2, first, in step S101, the travel routes from the present position to the destination of the plurality of shared electric vehicles under loan and the battery remaining capacity information of each vehicle are acquired by the information acquisition portion 1, and then the process proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the vehicle-with-insufficient-battery detection unit 2 detects a vehicle with insufficient battery whose current remaining battery capacity cannot reach the destination, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1. Then, the process proceeds to step S103.

In step S103, the shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged with the detected electric-quantity-insufficient vehicle is detected by the exchange vehicle detection unit 4. Then, the process proceeds to step S104, and in step S104, the shared electric vehicles in the low-powered vehicle and the other lenders that are likely to exchange the exchange information are notified of by the notification portion 5.

(second embodiment)

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 3, 4, and 5. In the present embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, when a vehicle with insufficient electric quantity is detected, the charging station is further detected, the area where the charging station is located is confirmed, and then whether or not the vehicle is detected is determined. The following description focuses on differences of the present embodiment from the first embodiment, and the same or similar contents as or to the first embodiment will be omitted in the present embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the shared vehicle management apparatus 10B is the shared vehicle management apparatus 10A of the first embodiment, to which a charging station detection unit 21 and a charging station position confirmation unit 22 are added. In the present embodiment, the notification unit 5 also notifies the charging station position information.

When the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity is detected by the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity detection unit 2, the charging station detection unit 21 detects a charging station to which the remaining battery electric quantity of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity can reach, using the map data stored in the map database 100.

The charging station position confirmation unit 22 confirms whether or not the charging station detected by the charging station detection unit 21 is within a current position of the vehicle with insufficient electric energy or a predetermined area of a travel route. Here, the predetermined area is a circular area having a radius of a certain value around a point selected from a plurality of points on the current position or the travel route of the vehicle and a center of the point selected from the current position or the travel route. The radius may be set to 2 km, 3 km, etc. The value of the radius can be freely set by a user or can be set by the device.

In the present embodiment, when the electric quantity shortage vehicle detection unit 2 detects an electric quantity shortage vehicle, the charging station detection unit 21 first detects a charging station. Then, the charging station position confirmation unit 22 further confirms whether or not the detected charging station position is within the current position of the vehicle with insufficient electric energy or within a predetermined area of the travel route. When it is confirmed that the charging station position is not within the current position of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the predetermined area of the travel route, the shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged is further detected by the exchange vehicle detecting unit 4.

For a user of a vehicle with insufficient power, if the user travels a long distance to charge the vehicle to a charging station, it takes a long time not only on the way to the charging station, but also on the charging station. Therefore, it is inconvenient for the user of the vehicle with insufficient power. At this time, the detection of the exchangeable vehicle by the exchangeable vehicle detecting section provides a more preferable solution to the user. On the contrary, if the detected charging station position is close to the present position or the travel route of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity, that is, within the prescribed area thereof, since it does not take much time to reach the charging station, it is possible to directly provide the charging station position information to the user without exchanging the vehicle detection.

In the present embodiment, the user may be provided with option settings not shown. Even if it is confirmed that the detected charging station position is within the current position of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity or within the prescribed area of the travel route, the user is provided with the charging station position information through the notification section, and at the same time, is provided with an option of whether or not to exchange with another vehicle being lent. When the user selects an option to exchange with another lending vehicle, the shared electric vehicles in the other lending which can be exchanged are checked out by the exchange vehicle check-out section 4.

One specific example of the present embodiment is described below. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a specific example of the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, when a vehicle with insufficient electric power is detected, the charging station detection unit detects that the charging stations that can be charged include charging station 1, charging station 2, charging station 3, and charging station 4. The charging station 2 and the charging station 4 are within a predetermined area of the travel route by the confirmation of the charging station position confirmation unit. Then, the position information of the charging station 2 and the charging station 4 is provided to the user of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity by the notification unit.

As described above, when a vehicle with insufficient electric quantity is detected, different schemes are provided for the vehicle user with insufficient electric quantity by further detecting the charging station and confirming whether the position of the charging station is in the current position and a certain area of the driving route, so that the shared vehicle is more intelligent.

Next, a shared vehicle management method executed by the shared vehicle management device 10B according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Referring to the flowchart of fig. 4, a shared vehicle management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention is described.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing a method of managing shared vehicles by the shared vehicle management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same steps in the shared vehicle management method flowchart of the shared vehicle management device in fig. 4 as those in the shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management device in the first embodiment shown in fig. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Here, since the operations of step S101, step S102, step S103, and step S104 in fig. 4 are the same, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Specifically, when the vehicle with insufficient battery power is detected by the vehicle with insufficient battery power detection unit 2 in step S102, the process proceeds to step S201. In step S201, the charging station is detected by the charging station detection unit 21.

Then, the process proceeds to step S202, and in step S202, the charging station position confirmation unit 22 confirms whether or not the detected charging station is within the current position of the vehicle with insufficient electric energy or within the predetermined area of the travel route. When it is confirmed that the charging station is not located in the current position of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the predetermined area of the travel route (no in step S202), the process proceeds to step S103. When it is confirmed that the charging station is within the current location of the vehicle or the predetermined area of the travel route with insufficient electric power (yes in step S202), the process proceeds to step S203. In step S203, the notification unit 5 presents charging station information to the user of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity.

(third embodiment)

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 6, 7, and 8. In the present embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, when an exchangeable vehicle is detected, the exchange point is further specified, and then the exchange point information is presented to the electric quantity insufficient vehicle and the shared electric vehicles in other lending available for exchange. The following description focuses on differences of the present embodiment from the first embodiment, and the same or similar contents as or to the first embodiment will be omitted in the present embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the shared vehicle management apparatus 10C is the shared vehicle management apparatus 10A according to the first embodiment, and further includes an exchange point specification unit 31. In the present embodiment, the notification unit 5 also notifies the exchange point information.

The exchange point specifying unit 31 specifies, as an exchange point, an intersection point of routes when the passage times of the two vehicles match, based on the travel routes of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the other shared electric vehicles in the detected exchangeable loan. When the passing time of the two vehicles is consistent and the respective driving routes have no intersection point, the two vehicles arrive at the nodes on the respective routes when the passing time is consistent, and the middle point position of the two nodes is determined as the exchange point. Here, the time coincidence is not time in the conventional sense, and may be time of completely coincident minutes and seconds, with a certain time difference. The time difference may be set to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or the like. For example, when the time difference is set to 5 minutes, the passage time 30 at the passage time 10 and the passage time 35 at the passage time 10 can be regarded as the correspondence.

The above is an intersection point when the transit times coincide with each other as a point of exchange. The process may also first identify intersections of the under-charged vehicle with the travel routes of other shared electric vehicles in the loans that may be exchanged. Then, the arrival time of the two vehicles at each intersection is checked, and the intersection having the same arrival time is used as the exchange point.

In the present embodiment, when the replacement vehicle detection unit 4 detects another shared electric vehicle in a plurality of exchangeable lends, the notification unit 5 may preferentially notify another electric vehicle having an intersection with the travel route of the vehicle with insufficient electric power when the passage time matches.

As described above, when the shared electric vehicles in other lending which can be exchanged are checked, the exchange of the vehicles is ensured to be performed with time delay between both parties by specifying the intersection of the routes when the passage times coincide as the exchange point. Thereby improving the exchange possibility and providing convenience for users.

A specific example of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to table 1 and fig. 8. Table 1 is information of each electric vehicle in loan acquired by the information acquisition portion 1, including at least loan time, destination, battery remaining power, and travel route information. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of the third embodiment.

TABLE 1

First, the information on the electric vehicles a, B, C, etc. shared in a plurality of lenders is acquired as shown in table 1 acquired by the information acquisition section 1. Then, the insufficient-battery vehicle detecting section 2 detects, for example, that the current remaining battery capacity of the vehicle B cannot reach the destination based on the acquired information. Then, the replacement vehicle detecting unit 5 detects that the vehicle C being lent is a vehicle that can be replaced. Then, the exchange point specifying unit 31 specifies that the intersection point of the route of the vehicle B and the route of the vehicle C is the overlapping route k when the passing time coincides (for example, the time coinciding with the time is 10 minutes and 45 minutes) based on the traveling route (p-B-l-k-n) of the vehicle B and the traveling route (w-k-s-B-m) of the vehicle C. Therefore, the notification portion 5 notifies the exchange information to the vehicle B with insufficient electric power and the vehicle C that can be exchanged, and notifies the information of the exchange point coinciding route K.

Next, a shared vehicle management method executed by the shared vehicle management apparatus 10C according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. A shared vehicle management method according to a third embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing a method of managing shared vehicles by the shared vehicle management device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The same steps in the shared vehicle management method flowchart of the shared vehicle management device in fig. 7 as those in the shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management device in the first embodiment shown in fig. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Here, since the operations in step S101 to step S104 in fig. 7 are the same, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Specifically, when the shared electric vehicle under another loan exchangeable with the vehicle with insufficient electric power is detected by the exchangeable vehicle detection unit 4 in step S103, the process proceeds to step S301. In step S301, the exchange point is determined by the exchange point determining section 31. Then, in the next step S104, the exchange information, which also includes the exchange location information, is notified to the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the shared electric-powered vehicles in the other lending exchanges possible by the notification portion 5.

(modification example)

In the above embodiment, the exchange point specifying unit 31 specifies an exchange point as an intersection point when the transit times match. The intersection point of the two vehicle driving routes can also be determined according to the driving route information of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity and the shared electric vehicle in other loan exchanges. Then, it is further determined whether or not the two vehicles can reach their respective destinations after the two vehicles are switched at the intersection. When it is determined that both of the vehicles can reach their respective destinations after exchanging the vehicles from the intersection, the intersection of the route is determined as an exchange point. Further, when it is determined that there are a plurality of intersections on the two vehicle travel routes, it is possible to determine whether both of the vehicles can reach their respective destinations after exchanging the vehicles at the respective intersections. When there are a plurality of intersections that can reach the respective destinations, the exchange point specifying unit specifies, as an exchange point, a plurality of intersections that satisfy the exchange between both parties and reach the respective destinations. Thus, not only one exchange site, but a plurality of exchange sites can be determined.

In addition, when the traveling routes of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the shared electric vehicle in another lending process that may be exchanged do not have an intersection, two points where the two routes are closest to each other may be used as exchange points, and whether or not both of the vehicles can reach their respective destinations after exchanging the vehicles at the two points may be determined. And points that can reach the respective destinations are taken as exchange points.

In the third embodiment, when the notification unit notifies the exchange location information, the exchange location information may be transmitted together when the exchange information is transmitted to the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the shared electric vehicle in other lending processes where the exchange is possible. Thereby facilitating the user of the vehicle to exchange for possible other vehicles to make the decision whether or not to exchange.

(fourth embodiment)

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 9 and 10. In the present embodiment, in addition to any one of the first to third embodiments, when the vehicle with insufficient electric power is exchanged with another electric vehicle in the exchangeable lending, the lending information of both vehicles is also exchanged. The following specifically describes an example in which the first embodiment is modified, but the second to third embodiments may be modified. The same or similar contents as those of the first embodiment will not be described in this embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a shared vehicle management device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, the shared vehicle management device 10D further includes a lending information exchange unit 41. The lending information exchange unit 41 exchanges lending information of the two vehicles after the vehicle with insufficient electric power is exchanged with another shared electric vehicle in lending that can be exchanged. Here, the loan information of the two vehicles can be exchanged when the vehicle with insufficient electric power and other shared electric vehicles which can be exchanged are already at the exchange place by confirming the current position information of the two vehicles. The lending information at least comprises license plate number information of the vehicle and information of a corresponding renting user. Therefore, the lending information exchange exchanges at least the renting user information corresponding to the vehicle license plate number information. Alternatively, the loan information exchange button, not shown, may be provided, and the exchange information between the two vehicles may be exchanged by receiving a command from the user to exchange loan information after the two vehicles are exchanged.

Next, a shared vehicle management method executed by the shared vehicle management device 10D according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. A shared vehicle management method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 10.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing a method of managing shared vehicles by a shared vehicle management device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The same steps in the shared vehicle management method flowchart of the shared vehicle management device in fig. 10 as those in the shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management device according to the first embodiment shown in fig. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Here, since the operations in step S101 to step S104 in fig. 10 are the same, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Specifically, in step S104, the notification unit 5 notifies the shared electric-powered vehicle in the low-powered vehicle and the other lended shared electric-powered vehicles that the exchange information is possible, and the process proceeds to step S401. In step S401, it is continuously confirmed whether the low-powered vehicle has been exchanged with another lent shared electric vehicle. When the two vehicles are exchanged (yes in step S401), the process proceeds to step S402. In step S402, the lending information exchange unit 41 exchanges lending information of both vehicles. When the two vehicles are not exchanged (no in step S401), the process of step S401 is repeated.

In the first to fourth embodiments, the shared vehicle management device is connected to an external map database in the block diagram, and uses the map data. The shared vehicle management device may be connected to a navigation device, and may use map data existing in the navigation device.

In addition, the steps included in the input method according to each of the above embodiments of the present invention can be realized as each part (unit) included in the input system, and the same technical effects can be obtained.

The embodiments and specific examples of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. The above-described embodiments and specific examples are only for the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can modify the embodiments of the present invention according to the technical idea of the present invention, and the obtained embodiments also belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A shared vehicle management device is provided with: an information acquisition unit that acquires a travel route from a current location to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles; characterized in that, the shared vehicle management device further comprises:

a low-power vehicle detection unit that detects a low-power vehicle that cannot reach a destination, based on the travel route and the battery remaining power of each shared electric vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit;

an exchange vehicle detecting unit that detects a shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged with the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity, based on a travel route and a remaining battery amount of the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity detected by the vehicle with the insufficient amount of electricity detecting unit, and the travel route and the remaining battery amount of the shared electric vehicle in another loan;

and a notification unit configured to notify the shared electric vehicle in the electric power shortage vehicle and the other loaned vehicles that can be exchanged of exchange information.

2. The shared vehicle management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a charging station detection unit for detecting a charging station;

a charging station position confirmation unit that confirms whether or not the charging station detected by the charging station detection unit is located in a current position or a predetermined area of a travel route;

when the charge station position confirmation unit confirms that the checked-out charge station is not located in the current position or the predetermined area of the travel route, the shared electric vehicle in another loan that can be exchanged is checked out by the exchange vehicle check unit.

3. The shared vehicle management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an exchange point specifying unit that specifies an exchange point;

the exchange point determination unit determines an intersection point of routes where the passage times of the two vehicles coincide with each other as an exchange point based on the travel routes of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the detected shared electric vehicles in other lending processes that can be exchanged.

4. The shared vehicle management apparatus of claim 3,

the exchange point confirmation unit determines, as an exchange point, an intersection point of the travel routes of the vehicle with insufficient electric power and the shared electric vehicle in another lending process that can be exchanged, and an intersection point at which both vehicles can reach their respective destinations after the exchange from the intersection point.

5. The shared vehicle management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the exchange vehicle detection unit may detect that the shared electric vehicle under another loan is exchangeable with the vehicle with insufficient electric power, and the two vehicles may arrive at their respective destinations after the exchange.

6. The shared vehicle management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the notification unit notifies the shared electric vehicle in the low-battery vehicle and the other lended vehicles that can be exchanged of exchange information and also notifies exchange point information.

7. The shared vehicle management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

a loan information exchange unit for exchanging loan information;

and exchanging the loan information of the two vehicles after the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity is exchanged with other exchangeable shared electric vehicles in loan.

8. The shared vehicle management apparatus of claim 7,

the loan information exchange unit exchanges loan information of the two vehicles when the two vehicles arrive at an exchange location according to the current position information of the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity and the shared electric vehicles in other loans which can be exchanged.

9. A shared vehicle management method comprises the following steps:

an information acquisition step of acquiring a travel route from a current location to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles;

a power shortage vehicle detection step of detecting a power shortage vehicle which cannot reach a destination according to the acquired travel route of each shared electric vehicle and the acquired remaining battery power;

an exchange vehicle detection step of detecting a shared electric vehicle in other lending which can be exchanged with the vehicle with insufficient electric quantity according to a driving route and a battery residual quantity of the detected vehicle with insufficient electric quantity and the driving route and the battery residual quantity of the shared electric vehicle in other lending;

and a notification step of notifying the shared electric vehicle in the electric quantity shortage vehicle and the other loaned shared electric vehicles that can be exchanged of the exchange information.

10. A shared vehicle management system having:

an information acquisition unit that acquires a travel route from a current location to a destination and battery remaining capacity information from a plurality of lent shared electric vehicles;