CN111750884A

CN111750884A - Information processing apparatus, mobile object, communication terminal, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-readable storage method

Info

Publication number: CN111750884A
Application number: CN202010179786.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 鹰野聪明; 小关真冬; 山田隆司; 小野寺圣
Original assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2020-03-16
Publication date: 2020-10-09
Also published as: JP2020165911A

Abstract

The information processing apparatus, the mobile object, the communication terminal, the computer-readable storage medium, and the method of the present invention are expected to further improve the convenience of the screen interface. The present invention includes a screen interface section for allowing a user to specify a destination of a moving object, and a mode control section for controlling an input mode of the screen interface section. The screen interface section has a designated location input mode for designating a specific location as a vehicle dispatch request location based on an input from a user, and a designated area input mode for designating a specific area as a vehicle dispatch request location based on an input from a user. The mode control unit determines to switch the input mode of the screen interface unit from the designated point input mode to the designated area input mode when at least a part of the designated point designated by the designated point input mode is located on or within the boundary of the designated area.

Description

Information processing apparatus, mobile object, communication terminal, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-readable storage method

Technical Field

The invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a mobile object, a communication terminal, a computer-readable storage medium, and a method.

Background

There is known a navigation device that displays an enlarged view of the periphery of a destination and a center facility as the destination together with other facilities when the destination is designated (for example, see patent document 1).

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2001 + 091282

Disclosure of Invention

Further improvement in convenience of the screen interface is desired.

In the 1 st aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus described above includes, for example, a screen interface section for allowing a user to specify a vehicle dispatch request point of a moving body. The information processing apparatus described above includes, for example, a mode control unit that controls an input mode of the screen interface unit. In the information processing apparatus, the screen interface unit has a designated point input mode for designating a specific point as a vehicle dispatch request point based on an input from a user, for example. In the information processing apparatus, the screen interface unit has a designated area input mode for designating a specific area (area) as a dispatch request point based on an input from a user, for example. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the mode control unit may determine to switch the input mode of the screen interface unit from the designated spot input mode to the designated area input mode, for example, when at least a part of the specific spot designated by the designated spot input mode is located on or within a boundary of the specific area.

The information processing apparatus described above may further include a destination point determination unit configured to determine a destination point to be a destination of the moving object based on the dispatch request point specified by the user. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the destination point determining unit may extract the accessible point of the specific region with reference to a 1 st region information storing unit that stores, for each of the one or more regions, information indicating position coordinates of accessible points that are permitted to access the inside of the region from the outside of the region, when the specific region is designated as the dispatch request point by the region input pattern. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the destination determining unit may determine one of the extracted accessible points as a target point of the mobile body.

The information processing apparatus described above may further include a destination point determination unit configured to determine a destination point to be a destination of the moving object based on the dispatch request point specified by the user. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the destination point determination unit may extract the parking-possible point of the specific region with reference to a 2 nd region information storage unit that stores, for each of the one or more regions, information indicating position coordinates of parking-possible points for which parking at a boundary of the region or inside is permitted, when the specific region is designated as the dispatch request point by the region input mode. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the destination determining unit may determine one of the extracted parking-possible locations as a target location of the mobile body.

In the above-described information processing apparatus, the target point determination unit may determine the target point of the moving object based on a distance between each of the extracted plurality of points and the specific point specified by the specified point input pattern when the plurality of points are extracted as the candidates of the target point. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the target point determination unit may determine, as the target point of the moving object, a point closest to a specific point specified by the specified point input pattern from among the plurality of extracted points, when the plurality of points are extracted as candidates for the target point.

In the above-described information processing device, the destination point determination unit may output information for generating a screen for presenting the extracted point to the user when the specific region is designated as the dispatch request point in the region input pattern. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the screen for presenting the extracted points to the user may be a screen for allowing the user to select a point that the user desires to be a target point of the moving body from among the extracted points. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the target point determination unit may acquire information indicating a point selected by the user. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the destination point determination unit may determine the point selected by the user as the destination point of the moving object. In the above-described information processing apparatus, the screen for presenting the extracted point to the user may include map information showing a position of the extracted point on a map. In the above-described information processing device, the area of the specific area may be larger than the area of the specific spot.

In the 2 nd aspect of the present invention, a method is provided. The above-described method is, for example, a method for controlling an input mode of a user interface for a user to specify a dispatch request spot of a mobile body. In the above-described method, the user interface may have a designated place input mode of designating a specific place as the dispatch request place based on an input from the user. In the above-described method, the user interface may have a designated zone input mode for designating a specific zone as the dispatch request spot based on an input from the user. The method described above includes, for example, a step of determining whether or not at least a part of a specific spot specified by the specified spot input pattern is located on or inside a boundary of a specific area. The method described above includes, for example, a step of determining to switch the input mode of the user interface from the designated point input mode to the designated area input mode when it is determined that at least a part of the specific point designated by the designated point input mode is located on or within the boundary of the specific area.

In the 3 rd aspect of the present invention, a program is provided. A non-volatile computer readable medium storing the above program may also be provided. The program may be a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing device according to the above-described aspect 1. The program may be a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 2.

In the 4 th aspect of the present invention, a mobile body is provided. The mobile object includes, for example, the information processing device according to the above-described 1 st aspect.

In the 5 th aspect of the present invention, a communication terminal is provided. The mobile object includes, for example, the information processing device according to the above-described 1 st aspect.

In addition, the summary of the invention does not list all the technical features of the present invention. In addition, sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be inventions.

Drawings

Fig. 1 schematically shows an example of the system configuration of the car dispatching system 100.

Fig. 2 schematically shows an example of an input method in the dispatching system 100.

Fig. 3 schematically shows an example of an input method in the dispatching system 100.

Fig. 4 schematically shows an example of an input method in the cart dispatching system 100.

Fig. 5 schematically shows an example of the system configuration of the management server 110.

Fig. 6 schematically illustrates an example of the input reception unit 520 and the departure point determination unit 530.

Fig. 7 schematically shows an example of the internal configuration of the storage unit 550.

Fig. 8 schematically shows an example of the data structure of the data table 800.

Fig. 9 schematically shows an example of the system configuration of the computer 3000.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments thereof, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, a combination of all the features described in the embodiments is not necessarily essential to the solution of the invention. In the drawings, the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof may be omitted.

[ overview of the vehicle dispatching System 100 ]

Fig. 1 schematically shows an example of the system configuration of the car dispatching system 100. In the present embodiment, the car dispatching system 100 includes a management server 110. The taxi dispatching system 100 may include one or more (sometimes simply referred to as more than one) user terminals 120 utilized by the user 20. The dispatch system 100 may include more than one vehicle 130.

In the present embodiment, the user terminal 120 may have a communication unit 122, an input/output unit 124, and a control unit 128. In the present embodiment, the vehicle 130 may include a communication unit 132, an input/output unit 134, a drive unit 136, and a control unit 138. In the present embodiment, the units of the cart dispatching system 100 can transmit and receive information to and from each other via the communication network 10.

[ overview of the units of the car dispatching system 100 ]

In the present embodiment, the communication network 10 transmits information between the units of the cart dispatching system 100. The communication network 10 may be a transmission line for wired communication, a transmission line for wireless communication, or a combination thereof. The communication network 10 may comprise a wireless group communication network, the internet, a P2P network, a private line, a VPN, a wire line communication line, an inter-vehicle communication network, a road-to-vehicle communication network, an inter-road communication network, or the like.

The communication method in the wireless communication network may be a mobile communication method or a wireless data communication method. As the mobile communication system, a communication system such as a 3G system, an LTE system, a 4G system, or a 5G system is exemplified. Examples of the wireless data communication method include (i) a short-range wireless method such as RFID using Bluetooth (registered trademark), Zigbee (registered trademark), nfc (near field communication), or the like, infrared communication, visible light communication, or communication using sound waves or ultrasonic waves, (ii) a wireless LAN method such as WiFi (registered trademark), (iii) a wireless MAN method such as WiMAX (registered trademark), and (iv) a wireless WAN method.

In the present embodiment, the user 20 temporarily uses the vehicle 130. The user 20 may reserve the use of the vehicle 130. The user 20 may request a dispatch of the vehicle 130. For example, the user 20 specifies the time of departure and the location of departure of the vehicle 130 to request the departure, thereby reserving the use of the vehicle 130. This sets the destination of the vehicle 130 to which the reservation of the user 20 is to be allocated.

In the present embodiment, the user 20 reserves the use of the vehicle 130 with the management server 110 via the user terminal 120. In addition, the user 20 requests the management server 110 for the dispatch of the vehicle 130 via the user terminal 120. The management server 110 allocates a vehicle 130 suitable for the reservation of the user 20, and transmits information indicating the vehicle dispatching time and the vehicle dispatching place determined based on the request from the user 20 to the allocated vehicle 130. Thus, the dispatching process is completed.

In another embodiment, the user 20 accesses the specific vehicle 130 via the user terminal 120 and reserves the use of the specific vehicle 130. In addition, the user 20 accesses the specific vehicle 130 via the user terminal 120, and requests the dispatch of the specific vehicle 130. At this time, the control unit 138 of the vehicle 130 processes the request from the user 20 in cooperation with the management server 110 or separately, and executes the vehicle dispatch process by the same flow as described above.

In another embodiment, the user 20 may set the destination of the vehicle 130 via the input/output unit 134 mounted on the vehicle 130. At this time, the control unit 138 of the vehicle 130 processes the request from the user 20 in cooperation with the management server 110 or separately, and sets the destination of the vehicle 130 by the same procedure as described above.

In the present embodiment, the management server 110 manages one or more vehicles 130. The management server 110 may manage the dispatch of more than one vehicle 130. According to the present embodiment, the management server 110 acquires a car dispatch request from the user 20 via the user terminal 120, for example. The request for a car dispatch from the user 20 includes, for example, information indicating a desired condition related to the time of the car dispatch and information indicating a desired condition related to the place of the car dispatch.

The management server 110 determines a car dispatch time and a car dispatch point, for example, based on a car dispatch request from the user 20. The management server 110 determines, for example, to assign the dispatch request from the user 20 to an appropriate vehicle 130 from the vehicles 130 that can reach the determined dispatch point before the determined dispatch time. The management server 110 transmits information (which may be referred to as a vehicle dispatch instruction) indicating a vehicle dispatch time and a vehicle dispatch point determined based on the vehicle dispatch request from the user 20 to the vehicle 130 to which the vehicle dispatch request from the user 20 is assigned. The information indicating the time and place of the vehicle dispatch is used to set the destination of the vehicle 130. Thereby, the car dispatching process for the car dispatching request from the user 20 is completed.

In the present embodiment, the user terminal 120 is an information processing device used by the user 20, and transmits and receives various information to and from each unit of the taxi dispatching system 100 via the communication network 10. The user terminal 120 may be used as a user interface for the cart dispatching system 100 or a portion thereof.

The details of the user terminal 120 are not particularly limited as long as it is an information processing apparatus having a communication function and a user interface function. The user terminal 120 is exemplified by a personal computer, a portable terminal, and the like. Examples of the portable terminal include a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a portable computer, and a wearable computer.

The communication unit 122 transmits and receives information between the user terminal 120 and each unit of the car dispatching system 100. The input/output unit 124 receives an input from the user 20. The information input method is not particularly limited. The input/output unit 124 may include various input devices or sensing devices such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a touch panel, a microphone, a camera, a GPS signal receiver, a voice input system, and a gesture input system. The input/output unit 124 presents information to the user 20. The method of presenting information is not particularly limited. The input/output unit 124 may include various output devices such as a display device, a projection device, and a speaker. The control unit 128 controls operations of the respective units of the user terminal 120.

In the present embodiment, the vehicle 130 is used to transport a person or an object. For example, the vehicle 130 starts from a location corresponding to the request of the user 20 and transports a person or an object to the location corresponding to the request of the user 20. The vehicle 130 may also be used for taxi, or tailwind applications. Vehicle 130 may also be used for rental car services or car sharing purposes.

The vehicle 130 may be an autonomous, unmanned, or remotely driven vehicle, or may be a manned vehicle. The vehicle 130 can move to a location designated by a dispatch instruction (sometimes referred to as a dispatch instruction) in accordance with the instruction from the management server 110.

Examples of the vehicle 130 include a bicycle, an automobile, a motorcycle, and an electric train. Examples of the vehicle include an engine vehicle, an electric vehicle, a fuel cell vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, and a work vehicle. Examples of the motorcycle include (i) a motorcycle, (ii) a three-wheeled motorcycle, and (iii) a stand-up motorcycle or a three-wheeled vehicle with a power unit.

The communication unit 132 transmits and receives information between the vehicle 130 and each unit of the dispatching system 100. The input/output unit 134 receives an input from the user 20. The information input method is not particularly limited. The input/output unit 134 may include various input devices or sensing devices such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a touch panel, a microphone, a camera, a GPS signal receiver, a voice input system, and a gesture input system. The input/output unit 134 presents information to the user 20. The method of presenting information is not particularly limited. The input/output unit 134 may include various output devices such as a display device, a projection device, and a speaker. The drive unit 136 drives the vehicle 130.

The control unit 138 controls the operation of each unit of the vehicle 130. For example, the control unit 138 controls the drive unit 136 to move the vehicle 130 to a position designated by a dispatch instruction from the management server 110. The control unit 138 may control the driving unit 136 so that the vehicle 130 moves to the position specified by the dispatch instruction from the management server 110 before the time specified by the dispatch instruction.

[ concrete constitution of units of the dispatching System 100 ]

The units of the dispatching system 100 can be implemented by hardware, by software, or by both hardware and software. At least a portion of the elements of the cart dispatching system 100 may be implemented by a single server or multiple servers. At least a portion of the elements of the cart dispatching system 100 may be implemented on a virtual server or on a cloud system. At least a part of the units of the cart distribution system 100 may be implemented by a personal computer or a portable terminal. Examples of the mobile terminal include a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a mobile computer, and a wearable computer. The units of the dispatch system 100 may also utilize decentralized billing techniques such as blockchains or decentralized networks to maintain information.

When at least a part of the components constituting the dispatch system 100 is realized by software, the components realized by the software can be realized by starting a program that defines operations related to the components in an information processing apparatus having a normal configuration. The information processing apparatus of the above-described general configuration may include (i) a data processing apparatus having a processor such as a CPU or a GPU, a ROM, a RAM, a communication interface, and the like, (ii) an input apparatus such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a touch panel, a camera, a voice input apparatus, a gesture input apparatus, various sensors, and a GPS receiver, (iii) an output apparatus such as a display apparatus, a voice output apparatus, and a vibration apparatus, (iv) a memory such as a memory, an HDD, and an SSD (including an external storage apparatus).

In the information processing apparatus of the above-described general configuration, the data processing apparatus or the storage apparatus may store the program. The program is executed by a processor, and the information processing apparatus executes an operation defined by the program. The program described above may also be stored in a nonvolatile computer-readable recording medium. The program may be stored in a computer-readable medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a memory, or a hard disk, or may be stored in a storage device connected to a network.

The program may be a program for causing a computer to function as or as part of the car dispatching system 100. The program may include a module that defines the operation of each unit of the dispatch system 100. These programs or modules drive the data processing device, the input device, the output device, the storage device, and the like, cause the computer to function as each unit of the dispatching system 100, or cause the computer to execute the information processing method in each unit of the dispatching system 100.

The program described above may be installed from a computer-readable medium or a storage device connected to a network into a computer constituting at least a part of the cart dispatching system 100. By executing the program, the computer can function as at least a part of each unit of the cart distribution system 100. The information processing described in the above-described program functions as a specific means for cooperating software related to the program with various hardware resources of the dispatch system 100 or a part thereof by reading the program into a computer. By realizing calculation or processing of information corresponding to the purpose of use of the computer in the present embodiment by the above-described specific means, the dispatching system 100 corresponding to the purpose of use is constructed.

The program may be a program for causing a computer to function as the management server 110. The program described above may be a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method in the management server 110.

The program may be a program for causing a computer to function as the control unit 128 of the user terminal 120. The program may be a program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method in the control unit 128 of the user terminal 120. The program may be a program for causing a computer that realizes the control unit 128 of the user terminal 120 to execute an information processing method similar to the information processing method in the management server 110 according to the present embodiment.

The program may be a program for causing a computer to function as the control unit 138 of the vehicle 130. The program may be a program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method in the control unit 138 of the vehicle 130. The program may be a program for causing a computer that realizes the control unit 138 of the vehicle 130 to execute an information processing method similar to the information processing method in the management server 110 according to the present embodiment.

The information processing method in the management server 110 according to the present embodiment may be a method for controlling an input mode of a user interface for a user to specify a dispatch request point of a mobile body. In the above method, the user interface has a designated-point input mode for designating a specific point as a dispatch request point based on an input from a user, for example. In the above method, the user interface has a designated area input mode for designating a specific area as the dispatch request spot based on an input from a user, for example.

The method described above includes, for example, a step of determining whether or not at least a part of a specific spot specified by the specified spot input pattern is located on or inside a boundary of a specific area. The method described above includes, for example, a step of determining to switch the input mode of the user interface from the designated point input mode to the designated area input mode when it is determined that at least a part of the specific point designated by the designated point input mode is located on or within the boundary of the specific area.

The cart distribution system 100 may be an example of an information processing apparatus. The management server 110 may be an example of an information processing apparatus. The user terminal 120 may be an example of a communication terminal. The vehicle 130 may be an example of a mobile body. The desired condition relating to the dispatch location may be an example of a dispatch request location. The coordinate input mode may be an example of a specified location input mode. The region input mode may be an example of specifying the region input mode. The dispatch location may be an example of a destination location. The desired condition relating to the dispatch location may be an example of a dispatch request location.

In the present embodiment, an example of the car dispatching system 100 will be described with reference to a case where the management server 110 functions as an example of an information processing apparatus including a screen interface section for allowing a user to specify a car dispatching request point of a mobile body, and a mode control section for controlling an input mode of the screen interface section. However, the cart dispatching system 100 is not limited to the present embodiment.

In another embodiment, the user terminal 120 or the control unit 128 may execute at least a part of the information processing in the management server 110 according to the present embodiment. For example, the user terminal 120 or the control unit 128 functions as an example of an information processing apparatus including a screen interface unit for allowing a user to specify a dispatch request point of a moving object, and a mode control unit for controlling an input mode of the screen interface unit. In this case, the user terminal 120 or the control unit 128 may be an example of an information processing apparatus.

In another embodiment, the vehicle 130 or the control unit 138 may execute at least a part of the information processing in the management server 110 according to the present embodiment. For example, the vehicle 130 or the control unit 138 functions as an example of an information processing apparatus including a screen interface unit for allowing a user to specify a destination of a moving object, and a mode control unit for controlling an input mode of the screen interface unit. In this case, the vehicle 130 or the control unit 138 may be an example of an information processing device.

In the present embodiment, an example of the vehicle dispatching system 100 will be described, taking a case where the vehicle dispatching system 100 executes the vehicle dispatching process of the vehicle 130 as an example. However, the cart dispatching system 100 is not limited to the present embodiment. In another embodiment, the vehicle dispatching system 100 may execute a process of dispatching an arbitrary mobile unit. In the present specification, even when the type of the mobile body is other than the vehicle, the act of allocating the mobile body in response to a request from the user 20 and assigning the allocated mobile body to the position specified by the request is referred to as vehicle dispatch.

Examples of the moving body include a vehicle, a ship, and a flying object. Examples of the vehicle include a bicycle, an automobile, a motorcycle, and an electric train. Examples of the vessel include ships, hovercraft, water-borne motorcycles, diving ships, submarines, and water scooters. The flying object may be an airplane, an airship, a hot air balloon, a helicopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle, or the like.

[ overview of input flow of a vehicle dispatching request point in the vehicle dispatching system 100 ]

According to the present embodiment, the taxi dispatching system 100 has an input mode (sometimes referred to as a coordinate input mode) for the user 20 to specify a specific location as a taxi dispatching request location, and an input mode (sometimes referred to as a region input mode) for the user 20 to specify a specific region as a taxi dispatching request location. According to the present embodiment, for example, when the vehicle dispatching system 100 receives a vehicle dispatching request from the user 20, the vehicle dispatching system 100 first receives an input from the user 20 regarding a vehicle dispatching request location in the coordinate input mode. When at least a part of the location designated by the user 20 is located on or within the boundary of the specific region, the cart distribution system 100 determines to switch the input mode of the cart distribution system 100 from the coordinate input mode to the region input mode.

When the input mode of the dispatching system 100 is switched to the region input mode, a location where the vehicle 130 can park in the specific region (sometimes referred to as a parking location) is extracted. And, the car dispatching system 100 selects the extracted parking place as the car dispatching place instead of the place input by the user 20 in the coordinate input mode.

According to the present embodiment, the two input modes are automatically switched according to the input of the user 20. In addition, in the region input mode, a place more suitable for parking than the place designated by the user 20 is selected as the car dispatch place.

An outline of an example of an input method in the dispatching system 100 will be described with reference to fig. 2, 3, and 4. Fig. 2 schematically shows an example of an input screen 200 in the coordinate input mode. Fig. 3 schematically shows an example of an input screen 300 in the area input mode. Fig. 4 schematically shows an example of an input screen 400 in the area input mode.

As shown in fig. 2, the input screen 200 includes a map screen 210. The map screen 210 includes information on roads 212 and facilities 222, for example. The user 20 can designate an arbitrary point on the input screen 200 as a car dispatch request point using the pointer 220. If the user 20 designates the location of the request for car dispatch, an icon 230 indicating the location designated by the user 20 is displayed on the map screen 210, for example.

According to one embodiment, when the user 20 designates an arbitrary point on the map on the input screen 200, the input screen 300 is displayed on the input/output unit 124 of the user terminal 120, for example. As shown in fig. 3, the location designated by the user 20 on the input screen 200 is located within the right of way of the facility 222. Then, the car dispatching system 100 determines that the facility 222 is designated by the user 20.

If it is determined that the user 20 has designated the facility 222, the display mode of the facility 222 on the input screen 300 changes. For example, in the present embodiment, a parking place 330 is disposed at the facility 222. Thus, instead of the location shown by icon 230, parking location 330 is selected as a dispatch location. In addition, an icon representing a departure point is displayed at the position of the parking spot 330 on the map screen 210. Further, the identification information 332 of the parking spot 330 is displayed on the map screen 210. The identification information may be the name of the parking place 330.

When it is determined that the user 20 has designated the facility 222, the facility 222 may be highlighted. For example, the color, pattern, line segment thickness, and the like of at least one of the boundary of the facility 222 and the inside of the region may be changed. A map or a simple map of the inside of the area of the facility 222 may be displayed inside the area.

In addition, the input screen 300 may have an icon 380 embedded with a command for transmitting information indicating that the parking place 330 is selected as a car dispatch place to the car dispatch system 100. For example, if the user 20 clicks the icon 380, information indicating that the parking place 330 is selected as a car dispatch place is transmitted to the car dispatch system 100.

According to another embodiment, when the user 20 designates an arbitrary point on the map on the input screen 200, the input screen 400 is displayed on the input/output unit 124 of the user terminal 120, for example. Input screen 400 is different from input screen 300 in that a plurality of parking spots exist inside facility 222. According to the present embodiment, the user 20 can select an arbitrary parking spot from a plurality of parking spots displayed on the input screen 400 to determine a destination. Features other than the above-described difference may have the same configuration as the input screen 300.

As shown in fig. 4, the location designated by the user 20 on the input screen 200 is located within the right of way of the facility 222. Then, the car dispatching system 100 determines that the facility 222 is designated by the user 20.

If it is determined that the user 20 has designated the facility 222, the display mode of the facility 222 on the input screen 400 changes. For example, in the present embodiment, a parking site 330 and a parking site 430 are provided at the facility 222. Then, on the map screen 210, icons indicating candidate points as car dispatch points are displayed at the positions of the parking point 330 and the parking point 430. Further, on the map screen 210, identification information 332 of the parking place 330 and identification information 432 of the parking place 430 are displayed.

For example, the user 20 can select a location of the parking place 330 or the parking place 430 as a car dispatch place by clicking an icon configured at the location. Further, for example, when the user 20 clicks the icon 380, information indicating the selected parking position is transmitted to the vehicle dispatching system 100.

The facility 222 may be an example of a region. The facility 222 may be an example of a particular geographic area. The facility 222 may be an example of more than one region. The location shown by icon 230 may be an example of a particular place. Parking location 330 may be an example of an accessible location and a parking location. Parking location 430 may be an example of an accessible location and a parking location.

In the present embodiment, the details of the dispatching system 100 are described by taking as an example a case where a parking place, which is arranged on or in the boundary of each area and allows parking, is selected as a dispatching place. However, the cart dispatching system 100 is not limited to the present embodiment. In other embodiments, an accessible location that is allowed to access the inside of each area from outside the area may be selected as a dispatch location. In addition, parking spots and accessible spots are sometimes referred to as parking spots or the like.

Fig. 5 schematically shows an example of the system configuration of the management server 110. In the present embodiment, the management server 110 includes an input reception unit 520, a region determination unit 522, an input mode control unit 524, a dispatch point determination unit 530, a dispatch unit 540, and a storage unit 550.

In the present embodiment, the input reception unit 520 provides an interface for the user 20 to specify the dispatch request point of the vehicle 130. In the present embodiment, the input reception unit 520 has a coordinate input mode for specifying a specific spot as a dispatch request spot based on an input from the user 20, and a region input mode for specifying a specific region as a dispatch request spot based on an input from the user 20. The details of the input receiving unit 520 will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the region determination unit 522 refers to the information indicating the position of the boundary of each region stored in the storage unit 550, and determines whether or not at least a part of the specific point specified in the coordinate input mode is located on or inside the boundary of the specific region. In addition, the area of the specific region may be larger than the area of the specific spot as a difference between the specific region and the specific spot. The region determination unit 522 may output information indicating the determination result to the input mode control unit 524. The area determination unit 522 may output information indicating the determination result to the dispatch point determination unit 530.

In the present embodiment, the input mode control unit 524 controls the input mode of the input reception unit 520. Specifically, when at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode is located on or in the boundary of the specific region, it is determined to switch the input mode of the input receiving unit 520 from the coordinate input mode to the region input mode. For example, the input mode control unit 524 acquires information indicating the above determination result from the region determination unit 522. When the region determination unit 522 determines that at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode is located on or within the boundary of the specific region, it determines to switch the input mode of the input reception unit 520 from the coordinate input mode to the region input mode.

In the present embodiment, the dispatch point determination unit 530 determines a dispatch point to be a destination of the vehicle 130 based on the dispatch request point specified by the user 20. The details of the dispatch location determination unit 530 will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the vehicle dispatching unit 540 executes the vehicle dispatching process in response to the reception of the vehicle dispatching request from the user 20. For example, the dispatch unit 540 acquires information indicating the dispatch time from the input reception unit 520. The dispatch unit 540 also acquires information indicating the dispatch point from the dispatch point determination unit 530. Next, the vehicle dispatching unit 540 assigns an appropriate vehicle 130 to the vehicle dispatching request from the user 20, taking into account the vehicle dispatching time and the vehicle dispatching place. The vehicle dispatching unit 540 transmits a vehicle dispatching instruction including information indicating the vehicle dispatching time and the vehicle dispatching point to the vehicle 130 to which the vehicle dispatching request from the user 20 is assigned. Thus, the vehicle dispatching unit 540 can execute the vehicle dispatching process in response to the reception of the vehicle dispatching request from the user 20.

In the present embodiment, the storage unit 550 stores various information. For example, the storage unit 550 stores information used for information processing in the management server 110. The storage unit 550 may store information generated in the information processing of the management server 110. Details of the storage unit 550 will be described later.

The input reception unit 520 may be an example of a screen interface unit. The area determination unit 522 may be an example of the determination unit. The input mode control unit 524 may be an example of a mode control unit. The dispatch point determination unit 530 may be an example of the target point determination unit. The storage unit 550 may be an example of the 1 st region information storage unit and the 2 nd region information storage unit.

Fig. 6 schematically shows an example of the internal configuration of the input reception unit 520 and the departure point determination unit 530. In the present embodiment, the input reception unit 520 includes a dispatch request acquisition unit 622, a designated point input unit 632, a designated area input unit 634, a mode switching unit 636, and a dispatch time input unit 642. In the present embodiment, the dispatch point determining unit 530 includes a parking point extracting unit 662 and a position coordinate determining unit 664.

In the present embodiment, the dispatch request acquirer 622 acquires a dispatch request from the user 20. For example, the dispatch request acquirer 622 acquires a dispatch request from the user 20 from the user terminal 120. The dispatch request acquirer 622 acquires a dispatch request from the user 20 from the vehicle 130. In addition, in the case where the user 20 boards the vehicle 130, when the vehicle dispatching request obtaining part 622 obtains the vehicle dispatching request from the user 20 from the vehicle 130, the vehicle dispatching request from the user 20 may be information for requesting the setting of the destination of the vehicle 130 on which the user 20 boards.

In the present embodiment, the designated point input unit 632 receives an input of information on a desired condition of the user 20 regarding a departure point in the coordinate input mode. The designated point input unit 632 may output information for presenting a screen for accepting an input of information on a desired condition of the user 20 regarding a departure point to the user 20 in the coordinate input mode.

For example, in response to the acquisition of a vehicle dispatch request from the user 20, the designated point input unit 632 transmits a command to prompt the user 20 to the input screen 200 to the user terminal 120. The designated point input unit 632 may transmit information for the user terminal 120 to generate the input screen 200 to the user terminal 120. The designated point input unit 632 may acquire information input by the user 20 on the input screen 200.

Thus, the designated point input unit 632 can acquire information indicating the position coordinates of the point designated by the user 20 as the dispatch request point, based on the input from the user 20. The designated point input unit 632 outputs information indicating the position coordinates of the point designated by the user 20 as the dispatch request point to the area determination unit 522. The designated point input unit 632 may output information indicating the position coordinates of the point designated by the user 20 as the dispatch request point to the position coordinate determination unit 664.

In the present embodiment, the designated area input unit 634 receives input of information on a desired condition of the user 20 regarding a destination in the area input mode. The designated area input unit 634 may output information for presenting a screen for accepting an input of information on a desired condition of the user 20 with respect to a destination in the area input mode to the user 20.

For example, the designated area input unit 634 transmits a command for presenting the input screen 300 or the input screen 400 to the user 20 to the user terminal 120 based on the instruction of the mode switching unit 636. The designated area input unit 634 may transmit information for the user terminal 120 to generate the input screen 300 or the input screen 400 to the user terminal 120.

For example, the designated region input unit 634 transmits the identification information of the region including the point designated by the user 20 as the dispatch request point to the parking place extraction unit 662, and requests the extraction of the information indicating the position coordinates of the parking place and the like included in the region. The designated area input unit 634 acquires information indicating the extraction result from the parking place extraction unit 662, and generates data for generating the input screen 300 or the input screen 400 based on the information.

The designated area input unit 634 may acquire information input by the user 20 on the input screen 300 or the input screen 400. Thus, the designated area input unit 634 can acquire information indicating a parking spot or the like selected as a dispatch spot by the user 20 based on an input from the user 20. The designated area input unit 634 may output information indicating the parking spot or the like to the position coordinate determination unit 664.

In the present embodiment, the mode switching unit 636 switches the designated point input unit 632 and the designated area input unit 634 based on an instruction from the input mode control unit 524. Thus, when it is determined that at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode is located on or within the boundary of the specific region, the input mode of the input receiving unit 520 is switched from the coordinate input mode to the region input mode.

In the present embodiment, the departure time input unit 642 acquires information indicating a desired condition of the user 20 related to the departure time. The information indicating the desired condition relating to the time of departure may be included in the request for departure from the user 20, for example. The departure time input unit 642 may output information indicating a desired condition regarding the departure time to the departure unit 540.

In the present embodiment, the parking place extraction unit 662 receives identification information of a specific area and outputs position coordinates of a parking place and the like included in the specific area. The parking place extraction unit 662 extracts the position coordinates of the parking place and the like included in the specific region, for example, by referring to the information indicating the position coordinates of the parking place and the like included in each region and stored in the vehicle dispatching unit 540.

For example, the parking place extraction unit 662 acquires the identification information of the region including the place designated by the user 20 as the dispatch request place from the designated region input unit 634. The parking place extracting unit 662 extracts the position coordinates of the parking place and the like included in the area identified by the identification information, with reference to the vehicle dispatching unit 540. The parking place extracting unit 662 outputs information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking place and the like to the designated area input unit 634. The parking place extracting unit 662 may output information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking place or the like to the position coordinate determining unit 664.

In one embodiment, when a plurality of parking places or the like are extracted, the parking place extraction unit 662 may output information indicating the position coordinates of the extracted parking places or the like to the designated area input unit 634. At this time, the designated area input unit 634 executes, for example, processing for presenting the input screen 400 to the user 20. On the other hand, when a single parking spot or the like is extracted, the parking spot extraction unit 662 may output information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking spot or the like to the position coordinate determination unit 664. In this case, the parking place extracting unit 662 may or may not output information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking place or the like to the designated area input unit 634. The designated area input unit 634 may or may not execute the process for presenting the input screen 300 to the user 20.

In another embodiment, when the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines a parking spot or the like serving as a dispatch spot from among one or more parking spots or the like based on the selection of the user 20, the parking spot extraction unit 662 may output information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking spot or the like to the designated region input unit 634. At this time, the designated area input unit 634 executes processing for presenting the input screen 300 or the input screen 400 to the user 20, for example. On the other hand, when the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines a parking point or the like serving as a destination point from one or more parking points or the like based on a predetermined algorithm, the parking point extraction unit 662 may output information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking point or the like to the position coordinate determination unit 664. In this case, the parking place extracting unit 662 may or may not output information indicating the extracted position coordinates of the parking place or the like to the designated area input unit 634. The designated area input unit 634 may or may not execute the process for presenting the input screen 300 to the user 20.

In the present embodiment, the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines the destination point to be the target point of the vehicle 130 to which the request for the vehicle dispatch by the user 20 is assigned. The position coordinate determination unit 664 outputs information indicating the position coordinates of the point determined as the dispatching point to the dispatching unit 540.

The position coordinate determination unit 664 may acquire information indicating the position coordinates of the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode from the specified point input unit 632. The position coordinate determination unit 664 may acquire, from the region determination unit 522, information indicating whether or not at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode is located on or within the boundary of the specific region. The position coordinate determination unit 664 acquires, from the designated region input unit 634, information indicating the position coordinates of the parking spot or the like selected by the user 20, among one or more parking spots or the like arranged in the region including the specific spot designated by the coordinate input mode. The position coordinate determination unit 664 acquires, from the parking place extraction unit 662, information indicating the position coordinates of one or more parking places arranged in the area including the specific place specified by the coordinate input mode.

In one embodiment, when the position coordinate determination unit 664 acquires, from the region determination unit 522, information indicating that at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode is not located on or within the boundary of the specific region, the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines the specific point specified by the coordinate input mode, which is acquired from the specified point input unit 632, as the destination point.

In another embodiment, when the position coordinate determining unit 664 has acquired information from the region determining unit 522 that indicates that at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input pattern is located on the boundary of or within the specific region, and the parking point extracting unit 662 cannot extract the parking points or the like arranged in the region, the position coordinate determining unit 664 determines the specific point specified by the coordinate input pattern acquired from the specified point input unit 632 as the destination point.

In another embodiment, when the position coordinate determination unit 664 acquires, from the region determination unit 522, information indicating that at least a part of the specific point specified by the coordinate input pattern is located on the boundary of or inside the specific region, and the parking point extraction unit 662 extracts one or more parking points, the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines at least one of the one or more parking points and the like as the dispatch point. The position coordinate determination unit 664 may determine one of the one or more parking spots or the like as a car dispatch spot.

For example, when the parking spot extraction unit 662 extracts a plurality of parking spots or the like, the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines a parking spot or the like serving as a dispatch spot from the plurality of parking spots or the like based on a predetermined algorithm. More specifically, the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines the destination point of the vehicle 130 based on the distances between each of the extracted parking points and the specific point specified by the coordinate input pattern. The position coordinate determination unit 664 may determine, as the destination of the vehicle 130, a point closest to a specific point specified by the coordinate input mode among the extracted parking and parking points.

For example, when the parking spot extraction unit 662 extracts a plurality of parking spots or the like, the position coordinate determination unit 664 determines a parking spot or the like serving as a destination spot from the plurality of parking spots or the like based on the selection of the user 20. More specifically, the position coordinate determination unit 664 outputs information for generating a screen to present the extracted parking spot or the like to the user 20 to the designated area input unit 634. Thus, for example, the user terminal 120 is controlled by the designated area input unit 634, and the input screen 400 is presented to the user 20.

When the user 20 selects a specific parking spot or the like on the input screen 400, information indicating the parking spot or the like selected by the user 20 is transmitted to the designated area input unit 634. The position coordinate determination unit 664 may acquire information indicating the parking place or the like selected by the user 20 from the designated area input unit 634. The position coordinate determination unit 664 may determine the parking place or the like selected by the user 20 as the destination of the vehicle 130.

The designated place input unit 632 may be an example of a screen interface unit. The designated area input unit 634 may be an example of a screen interface unit. The mode switching unit 636 may be an example of a mode control unit. The position coordinate determination unit 664 may be an example of a destination determination unit.

Fig. 7 schematically shows an example of the internal configuration of the storage unit 550. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 550 includes a map data storage unit 722, a facility data storage unit 724, and a setting data storage unit 726.

In the present embodiment, the map data storage 722 stores map data. In the present embodiment, the facility data storage unit 724 stores various information related to each of one or more facilities. In one embodiment, the facility data storage unit 724 stores information indicating the position of the boundary of one or more facilities for each of the facilities. In another embodiment, the facility data storage unit 724 stores, for each of one or more facilities, information indicating position coordinates of parking spots and the like disposed in the facility. In the present embodiment, the setting data storage unit 726 stores information on various settings related to information processing in the management server 110.

The facility data storage unit 724 may be an example of the 1 st area information storage unit. The facility data storage unit 724 may be an example of the 2 nd area information storage unit. The facility data storage unit 724 may be configured by a single database, or may be configured by a plurality of databases.

Fig. 8 schematically shows an example of the data structure of the data table 800. The data table 800 may be an example of the data table stored in the facility data storage unit 724. In the present embodiment, the data table 800 stores, for each of one or more facilities, identification information 822 of each facility, information 824 indicating a boundary position of each facility, and information 826 related to each of one or more parking places and the like arranged at each facility in association with each other.

In the present embodiment, the information 824 indicating the boundary position includes, for example, information indicating position coordinates of a reference position of each facility, and information indicating a shape, a size, and the like of a land for each facility. In the present embodiment, the information 826 indicating the position of the parking spot includes information indicating the position coordinates of each parking spot and the like, information indicating the name of each parking spot and the like, and information indicating the traffic restrictions at each parking spot and the like. The information indicating traffic restriction may be information indicating a direction in which traffic is permitted, information indicating a direction in which traffic is prohibited, or information relating to speed restriction.

The data table 800 may be an example of the 1 st area information storage unit. The data table 800 may be an example of the 2 nd region information storage unit. The data table 800 may be constituted by a single database, or may be constituted by a plurality of databases.

Fig. 9 shows an example of a computer 3000 capable of embodying a plurality of aspects of the present invention in whole or in part. The cart dispatching system 100, or portions thereof, may be implemented by a computer 3000. For example, the cart dispatching system 100 or a portion thereof is implemented by the computer 3000. The management server 110 or a part thereof may be implemented by the computer 3000. The user terminal 120 or a portion thereof may be implemented by a computer 3000. The vehicle 130 or a portion thereof may be implemented by a computer 3000.

The program installed in the computer 3000 enables the computer 3000 to function as an operation related to a device related to an embodiment of the present invention or one or more "units" of the device, or enables the computer 3000 to execute the operation or the one or more "units", and/or enables the computer 3000 to execute a process related to an embodiment of the present invention or a step of the process. Such programs may be executed by the CPU3012 in order to cause the computer 3000 to perform certain operations associated with some or all of the functional blocks of the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein.

The computer 3000 of the present embodiment includes a CPU3012, a RAM3014, a graphic controller 3016, and a display device 3018, which are connected to each other through a main controller 3010. The computer 3000 further includes a communication interface 3022, a hard disk drive 3024, a DVD-ROM drive 3026, and an input/output unit such as an IC card drive, which are connected to the main controller 3010 via the input/output controller 3020. The computer also includes a conventional input/output unit such as a ROM3030 and a keyboard 3042, which are connected to the input/output controller 3020 via an input/output chip 3040.

The CPU3012 operates according to programs stored in the ROM3030 and the RAM3014, thereby controlling the respective units. The graphics controller 3016 acquires image data generated by the CPU3012 in a frame buffer or the like provided in the RAM3014 or itself, and causes the image data to be displayed on the display device 3018.

The communication interface 3022 communicates with other electronic apparatuses via a network. The hard disk drive 3024 stores programs and data used by the CPU3012 in the computer 3000. The DVD-ROM drive 3026 reads programs or data from the DVD-ROM 3001 and supplies the programs or data to the hard disk drive 3024 via the RAM 3014. The IC card driver reads and/or writes a program and data from/to the IC card.

The ROM3030 internally stores a startup program or the like executed by the computer 3000 when activated, and/or a program dependent on hardware of the computer 3000. The input/output chip 3040 may also connect various input/output units with the input/output controller 3020 via a parallel interface, a serial interface, a keyboard interface, a mouse interface, or the like.

The program is provided by a computer-readable storage medium such as a DVD-ROM 3001 or an IC card. The program is read from a computer-readable storage medium, installed to the hard disk drive 3024, the RAM3014, or the ROM3030, which is also an example of the computer-readable storage medium, and executed by the CPU 3012. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 3000, and the cooperation between the programs and the various types of hardware resources described above is realized. The apparatus or method may be configured to perform operations or processes on information in accordance with use of the computer 3000.

For example, in the case of performing communication between the computer 3000 and an external device, the CPU3012 may execute a communication program loaded on the RAM3014, and instruct a communication process to the communication interface 3022 based on a process described in the communication program. The communication interface 3022 reads transmission data stored in a transmission buffer area provided in a recording medium such as the RAM3014, the hard disk drive 3024, the DVD-ROM 3001, or the IC card, and transmits the read transmission data to the network, or writes reception data received from the network into a reception buffer area provided in the recording medium, or the like, under the control of the CPU 3012.

In addition, the CPU3012 can cause all or a necessary part of a file or database held in an external recording medium such as a hard disk drive 3024, a DVD-ROM drive 3026 (DVD-ROM 3001), an IC card, or the like to be read into the RAM3014, and perform various types of processing on data on the RAM 3014. The CPU3012 may then write the processed data back to the external recording medium.

Various kinds of information such as various kinds of programs, data, tables, and databases may be saved to a recording medium and applied to information processing. The CPU3012 can execute various processes described in various places in the present disclosure, including various operations specified by an instruction sequence of a program, information processing, condition judgment, conditional branching, unconditional branching, retrieval/replacement of information, and the like, on data read from the RAM3014, and write the result back to the RAM 3014. In addition, the CPU3012 can retrieve information in a file, a database, or the like within the recording medium. For example, when a plurality of items each having an attribute value of the 1 st attribute associated with an attribute value of the 2 nd attribute are stored in the recording medium, the CPU3012 may retrieve an item matching the condition, which specifies an attribute value of the 1 st attribute, from the plurality of items, and read the attribute value of the 2 nd attribute stored in the item, thereby acquiring the attribute value of the 2 nd attribute associated with the 1 st attribute satisfying the preset condition.

The programs or software modules described above may be stored on a computer-readable storage medium on computer 3000 or in the vicinity of computer 3000. A recording medium such as a hard disk or a RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the internet may be used as a computer-readable storage medium, and the program may be provided to the computer 3000 via a network.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the above-described embodiments. In addition, the matters described with respect to a specific embodiment can be applied to other embodiments within a range not technically contradictory. Each component may have the same feature as another component having the same name but a different reference numeral. Such modifications and improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention as apparent from the description of the claims.

Note that the order of execution of the respective processes such as the operation, flow, step, and stage in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the specification, and the drawings is not particularly explicitly indicated as "preceding" or "preceding", and may be realized in any order as long as the output of the preceding process is not used in the subsequent process. Even if the description is made using "first", "next", and the like for convenience in the operation flows in the claims, the description, and the drawings, it does not mean that the operations are necessarily performed in this order.

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Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a screen interface section for allowing a user to specify a vehicle dispatch request location of a mobile body; and

a mode control section for controlling an input mode of the screen interface section,

the screen interface section has:

a designated place input mode for designating a specific place as the dispatch request place based on an input from the user,

specifying a region input mode, specifying a specific region as the dispatch request location based on an input from the user,

the mode control unit determines to switch the input mode of the screen interface unit from the designated spot input mode to the designated area input mode when at least a part of the specific spot designated by the designated spot input mode is located on or within a boundary of the specific area.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising a destination point determination unit that determines a destination point to be a destination of the mobile object based on the dispatch request point specified by the user,

in a case where the specific region is designated as the dispatch request point in the designated region input mode, the destination point determination unit extracts an accessible point of the specific region with reference to a 1 st region information storage unit, and determines one of the extracted accessible points as the destination point of the mobile object, and the 1 st region information storage unit stores, for each of one or more regions, information indicating position coordinates of accessible points permitted to access the inside of the region from the outside of the region.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

in a case where the specific region is designated as the dispatch request point in the designated region input mode, the destination point determination unit extracts parking-possible points of the specific region with reference to a 2 nd region information storage unit, and determines one of the extracted parking-possible points as the destination point of the mobile object, and the 2 nd region information storage unit stores, for each of one or more regions, information indicating position coordinates of parking-possible points permitted to be parked on a boundary of the region or inside the region.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3,

the target point determination unit, when a plurality of points are extracted as candidates for the target point, determines the target point of the mobile body based on a distance between each of the plurality of extracted points and the specific point specified by the specified point input pattern.

5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claim 2 to claim 4,

when a plurality of points are extracted as candidates for the target point, the target point determining unit determines, as the target point of the mobile body, a point that is closest to the specific point specified by the specified point input pattern among the plurality of extracted points.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3,

when the specific area is designated as the dispatch request spot in the designated area input mode, the destination spot determination unit outputs information for generating a screen for presenting the extracted spot to the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

the screen for presenting the extracted place to the user is a screen for the user to select a place that the user wants as the target place of the moving body from among the extracted places,

the target point determination unit acquires information indicating a point selected by the user, and determines the point selected by the user as the target point of the mobile body.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 or claim 7,

the screen for presenting the extracted place to the user includes map information showing a position of the extracted place on a map.

9. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to claim 7,

the area of the specific area is larger than the area of the specific spot.

10. A moving body in which, in a moving body,

an information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 is provided.

11. A communication terminal, wherein,

12. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by a processor, performs a method for controlling an input mode of a user interface for a user to specify a dispatch request location of a mobile unit,

the user interface has:

the method comprises the following steps:

a step of determining whether at least a part of the specific spot specified by the specified spot input pattern is located on or inside a boundary of the specific zone,

and a step of determining to switch the input mode of the user interface from the designated point input mode to the designated area input mode when it is determined that at least a part of the specific point designated by the designated point input mode is located on or within a boundary of the specific area.

13. A method for controlling an input mode of a user interface for a user to specify a car dispatch request place for a mobile body, wherein,

the user interface has:

the method comprises the following steps: